Celetti D. Progressive modernisation. The role of peasants in the industrialisation of North-Eastern Italy // The Russian Peasant Studies. 2024. V.9. №4. P. 68-97.

DOI: 10.22394/2500-1809-2024-9-4-68-97

Annotation

The process of industrialization of North-Eastern Italy and, in particular the Veneto Region, spread widely outside urban centers, in agrarian territories historically characterised by a specific type of land use based on the harmonious coexistence of different cultures within individual smallholdings. This article focuses on the key shifts that allowed the wide spread of productive activities in rural areas and the active participation of the rural population in industrial production in the absence of significant migration flows in the direction of large industrial centers. The article is organized as follows: the first section analyses the scientific interpretation of the special path of regional modernization. Section 2 presents the main features of the traditional rural economy of North-Eastern Italy. Section 3 examines the changes in the sectoral structure of the regional economy during the period of industrialization. Conclusions summarize results and ongoing transformation of the Veneto regional economy, society and landscape.

Keywords

Economic development, north-eastern Italy, peasant family, traditional agriculture, industrialization, urbanization processes, industrial clusters.

About the author

David Celetti, PhD of Economics, Professor of Economic History, Department of Historical, Geographical Sciences and of the Ancient World, University of Padua, 30131 Padova, Via Vescovado 30.
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