Review article

The economy of Dalmatia in Maschek’s “Manuals”

Šime Peričić ; Zadar, Croatia

Abstract

The author in the article reviews the seven volumes of Luigi (Aloiso) Maschek’s “Manuals” from the viewpoint of economic history. Namely, in addition to other things, Maschek in these volumes describes the development of the economy in Dalmatia through the centuries, pointing out its most important branches. Quite naturally, this first of all touches upon agriculture as the profession of the greatest number of the population in the province, followed by sailing and fishing. The author of the article makes an attempt to describe Maschek’s summary depiction of different branches of the economy, the news items that are scattered throughout the volumes in order to facilitate, make quicker and more effective the approach to this data for future scholars. He does this in a systematic fashion according to the principles of contemporary economic history. At the end of the article he records some statistical data derived from these manuals maintaining that it is of value for understanding the conditions in Dalmatia during the XIXth century.

Keywords

Dalmatia; economy; statistics

Hrčak ID:

31840

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/31840

Publication date:

22.10.2008.

Article data in other languages: croatian

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