Cooperativisme i associacionisme agraris a Catalunya: Els propietaris rurals i l'organització dels interessos agraris al primer terç del segle XX

Abstract

This doctoral thesis examines landowners involvement in cooperativism and agrarian associations during the first third of the 20th century, as one of the pillars of the reorganization of agrarian interests after the crisis of the late 19th century. The first part of the dissertation deals with the participation of landowners in agrarian associations in Catalonia, giving special attention to agrarian chambers and to the key role played by the Institut Agrícola Català de Sant Isidre in the organization of agrarian interests. On the second part of the thesis, this interpretation is applied to the Catalan department of Vallès Oriental. The study in a circumscribed environment allows a more exhaustive description of the association movement, the identification of its key actors, and an analysis of the response to economic and social changes during the first third of the 20th century.