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integr ated peasant economy in a compar ative perspective
intra-community relationships, for production and for subsistence. Wom-
en, therefore, played an important role which inevitably reverberated also
on their social status within the community (Ferigo and Lorenzini 2006,
139–49).9
Table 4.2: Integrated peasant economy in different geographical and socio-economic con-
texts at household level
Sector Activity Plain Mountain
Primary Agricultural specialisation M F
Intensification of cultivation M F
Secondary Wage day-labour in agriculture M F
Extension/intensification of breeding M M
Tertiary Intensification of forest exploitation M M
Total F Extension of cultivated land M M
Transformation of primary resources/products M M
Rural crafts M M
Domestic putting-out system M F
‘Centred’ industries M M
Migrant/mobile craftsmen M M
Wage labour in industrial sector M M
Services in the field of long and medium distance
trade M M
Transport of other people’s products and goods
on short to medium distance M M
Trafficking with own products and goods on short
to medium distance M M
Peddling
Smuggling M M
M M
0 4
In conclusion, we can make two general statements. First of all, it is
preferable to focus on the study of villages rather than on a broader territo-
rial context, in order to avoid distortions and, therefore, overestimate the
impact of the integrated peasant economy. Secondly, we identified, on the
basis of the village types, the villages in the mountains as the most favour-
able environment for the integrated peasant economy, because in such vil-
9 For an analytical comparison on these aspects with other alpine areas, we can men-
tion the studies by Raul Merzario, in particular 1992 and 2000.
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intra-community relationships, for production and for subsistence. Wom-
en, therefore, played an important role which inevitably reverberated also
on their social status within the community (Ferigo and Lorenzini 2006,
139–49).9
Table 4.2: Integrated peasant economy in different geographical and socio-economic con-
texts at household level
Sector Activity Plain Mountain
Primary Agricultural specialisation M F
Intensification of cultivation M F
Secondary Wage day-labour in agriculture M F
Extension/intensification of breeding M M
Tertiary Intensification of forest exploitation M M
Total F Extension of cultivated land M M
Transformation of primary resources/products M M
Rural crafts M M
Domestic putting-out system M F
‘Centred’ industries M M
Migrant/mobile craftsmen M M
Wage labour in industrial sector M M
Services in the field of long and medium distance
trade M M
Transport of other people’s products and goods
on short to medium distance M M
Trafficking with own products and goods on short
to medium distance M M
Peddling
Smuggling M M
M M
0 4
In conclusion, we can make two general statements. First of all, it is
preferable to focus on the study of villages rather than on a broader territo-
rial context, in order to avoid distortions and, therefore, overestimate the
impact of the integrated peasant economy. Secondly, we identified, on the
basis of the village types, the villages in the mountains as the most favour-
able environment for the integrated peasant economy, because in such vil-
9 For an analytical comparison on these aspects with other alpine areas, we can men-
tion the studies by Raul Merzario, in particular 1992 and 2000.
106
