Teseo

TESIS DOCTORALES - TESEO

Título: INTENSIFICATION OF A PEASANT AGRICULTURE AND SOIL FERTILITY IN AN ATLANTIC TERRITORY: GALICIA, 1750-1900
Autor: Corbacho González, Beatriz
Universidad: Universidad de Santiago de Compostela
Departamento: Escuela de Doctorado Internacional de la Universidad de Santiago de Compostela
Fecha de Lectura: 21/11/2017
Mención Europeo / Mención Internacional: concedido
Programa de doctorado: Programa de Doctorado en Historia Contemporánea por la Universidad Autónoma de Madrid; la Universidad Complutense de Madrid; la Universidad de Cantabria; la Universidad de Santiago de Compostela; la Universidad de Zaragoza; la Universidad del País Vasco/Euskal Herriko Unibertsitatea y la Universitat de València (Estudi General)
Dirección:
- SOTO FERNÁNDEZ, DAVID (DIRECTOR)
- Fernández Prieto, Lourenzo (CODIRECTOR)
Tribunal:
- GONZALEZ DE MOLINA NAVARRO, MANUEL (PRESIDENTE)
- SAAVEDRA FERNANDEZ, PEGERTO (SECRETARIO)
- Gingrich, Simone (VOCAL)
Descriptores:
- HISTORIA LOCAL
- HISTORIA REGIONAL
- HISTORIA CONTEMPORANEA
Localización: BIBLIOTECA XERAL USC

Resumen:
This dissertation is framed within the theory of social metabolism and reconstructs the land uses and productivity of the main crop rotations in two agroecosystems within the Atlantic territory of Galicia (NW Spain), Fonsagrada and Ribadavia. Both agroecosystems are complementary and representative of a diverse territory. We have applied the methodology of nutrient balances to the first one of these cases in order to assess its sustainability in the long term regarding the management of soil fertility. Our results confirm a similar evolution to other case studies within Europe in terms of soil exhaustion and nutrient imbalances towards the end of the 19th century after a long process of agricultural intensification. This metabolic rift has been connected with the general agrarian crisis that affected the continent at this point, and with the process of socioecological transition from an organic into an industrial metabolism.