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and and labour as resources of an integrated peasant economy in a swedish district
production negatively. National mortality rates were not affected but nativ-
ity was the lowest since national data series started in 1749 (SCB 1955, Nel-
son 1984; 1988; Lindblom 2015). As result, the number of inhabitants in the
county of Kopparberg was reduced by nearly 2,000 people (1.2%) during
1867–1870 (SCB 1955).
Diagram 13.1: Model of the reciprocal relationships between labour and ecosystem
resources at a farm
This paper presents a micro-historic study of three farms in Folkare
hundred in the south-eastern county of Kopparberg. All farms had access
to the same types of ecosystem resources, depending on both family and
hired labour, but differed regarding the area of arable land and forest, fam-
ily size, and economic capacity.
The overall purpose is to investigate how crop failure affected and was
handled by the households during 1867–68. Specifically, we ask:
– What was the significance of an integrated economy for handling
the crop failure?
– How were different sources of income related to the availability of
different ecosystem resources?
– How was the use of ecosystem resources related to the availability
of labour?
In practice, there is often a permanent institutional mismatch between
labour demand and supply in agriculture, created by the fact that some
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production negatively. National mortality rates were not affected but nativ-
ity was the lowest since national data series started in 1749 (SCB 1955, Nel-
son 1984; 1988; Lindblom 2015). As result, the number of inhabitants in the
county of Kopparberg was reduced by nearly 2,000 people (1.2%) during
1867–1870 (SCB 1955).
Diagram 13.1: Model of the reciprocal relationships between labour and ecosystem
resources at a farm
This paper presents a micro-historic study of three farms in Folkare
hundred in the south-eastern county of Kopparberg. All farms had access
to the same types of ecosystem resources, depending on both family and
hired labour, but differed regarding the area of arable land and forest, fam-
ily size, and economic capacity.
The overall purpose is to investigate how crop failure affected and was
handled by the households during 1867–68. Specifically, we ask:
– What was the significance of an integrated economy for handling
the crop failure?
– How were different sources of income related to the availability of
different ecosystem resources?
– How was the use of ecosystem resources related to the availability
of labour?
In practice, there is often a permanent institutional mismatch between
labour demand and supply in agriculture, created by the fact that some
311
