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integr ated peasant economy in a compar ative perspective
Morassi 1997, 160–78), characterised by an absentee property, isolated in its
privileges, not at all willing to invest in production in the countryside.6 As
an alternative we identified a village where, instead, the proprietary model
was more inclined towards innovation, investment and direct conduction
of the property (for example the case of the Asquini of Fagagna investigat-
ed by Luciana Morassi, 1985 and 1992).
Diagram 4.3: ‘Types’ of village; Friuli, 15th–18th centuries
Plain 1 ‘Conservative landlord model’
Mountain 2 ‘Innovative landlord model’
1 ‘Pedlar model’
2 ‘Handicraft model’
For the mountains, instead, we considered two models separate from
the prevailing activity related to emigration. On the one hand, thus, the vil-
lages where the main economic activity was centred on the service indus-
try and, in particular, on the small ambulant trade; on the other hand the
villages whose emigrants performed handicraft activities, mainly linked to
weaving (Ferigo and Fornasin 1996; Fornasin 1997). Once the models have
been identified, the characteristics of the different villages and of Friuli in
its whole have been checked against the pattern suggested by Aleksander
Panjek (2015). What emerged is Table 4.1, where letters Y and N represent,
respectively, the presence or the absence of the activity in the village-mod-
el; the higher the number of Y’s, therefore, the higher the level of integrat-
ed peasant economy.
As can be seen, the higher number of Y’s refers to the regional context
as a whole.
Obviously the result is the outcome of an artifice. Within a general
context there are many particular situations, therefore the influence of the
integrated peasant economy has increased. For this reason we believe that
it might be preferable to investigate at the village level rather than on a wid-
er regional scale.
As emerges from Table 4.1, the distribution of activities is unequal both
between the different environmental contexts, summed up in the binomial
mountain-plain, and within the same context, in the different village types.
6 On these aspects, see also Bianco (1983).
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Morassi 1997, 160–78), characterised by an absentee property, isolated in its
privileges, not at all willing to invest in production in the countryside.6 As
an alternative we identified a village where, instead, the proprietary model
was more inclined towards innovation, investment and direct conduction
of the property (for example the case of the Asquini of Fagagna investigat-
ed by Luciana Morassi, 1985 and 1992).
Diagram 4.3: ‘Types’ of village; Friuli, 15th–18th centuries
Plain 1 ‘Conservative landlord model’
Mountain 2 ‘Innovative landlord model’
1 ‘Pedlar model’
2 ‘Handicraft model’
For the mountains, instead, we considered two models separate from
the prevailing activity related to emigration. On the one hand, thus, the vil-
lages where the main economic activity was centred on the service indus-
try and, in particular, on the small ambulant trade; on the other hand the
villages whose emigrants performed handicraft activities, mainly linked to
weaving (Ferigo and Fornasin 1996; Fornasin 1997). Once the models have
been identified, the characteristics of the different villages and of Friuli in
its whole have been checked against the pattern suggested by Aleksander
Panjek (2015). What emerged is Table 4.1, where letters Y and N represent,
respectively, the presence or the absence of the activity in the village-mod-
el; the higher the number of Y’s, therefore, the higher the level of integrat-
ed peasant economy.
As can be seen, the higher number of Y’s refers to the regional context
as a whole.
Obviously the result is the outcome of an artifice. Within a general
context there are many particular situations, therefore the influence of the
integrated peasant economy has increased. For this reason we believe that
it might be preferable to investigate at the village level rather than on a wid-
er regional scale.
As emerges from Table 4.1, the distribution of activities is unequal both
between the different environmental contexts, summed up in the binomial
mountain-plain, and within the same context, in the different village types.
6 On these aspects, see also Bianco (1983).
102
