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El algodón de Motril y la industria algodonera catalana (1796 - 1856)

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  • Manuel Martín Rodríguez

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Resumen: A finales del siglo XVIII, la Vega de Motril (Granada) no tenía un cultivo hegemónico. La caña de azúcar, que lo había sido durante siglos, estaba en crisis por lo anticuado de los trapiches en que se fabricaba el azúcar y por la competencia del que llegaba a la metrópoli de nuestras colonias. El bloqueo del Mediterráneo durante las guerras anglo-españolas de 1796-1809 y un arancel muy favorable le ofrecieron la oportunidad de cultivar el algodón para proveer a las fábricas catalanas, que en esos años tenían grandes dificultades para disponer del que hasta entonces recibían de Malta, Esmirna y otros puntos de Levante. El nuevo cultivo estuvo presente en las vegas de la costa granadina durante sesenta años, pero su insuficiencia, cada vez mayor, para atender el consumo de la industria algodonera catalana, la pérdida de sus ventajas arancelarias, los elevados costes de cultivo y su baja productividad agrícola condujeron a su total desaparición hacia mitad de siglo Abstract:At the end of the eighteenth century, the Vega de Motril, on the coast of Granada (Spain), did not have a hegemonic cultivation. The sugar cane, which had been for centuries its main crop, was in crisis because of the outdated sugar mills in which it was made and by the competition of Spanish American colonies. The blockade of the Mediterranean Sea during the Anglo-Spanish Wars of 1796-1809 and a very favourable tariff, offered the opportunity to grow cotton for the Catalan factories, which in those years struggle to get this raw material from Malta, Smyrna and other points of Levante. The new crop was present in the Vega for almost sixty years. Its growing incapacity to cope with the demand of the Catalan cotton industry, the loss of its competitive tariff advantage and an excessively expensive cultivation led to its complete disappearance.

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  • Manuel Martín Rodríguez, 2018. "El algodón de Motril y la industria algodonera catalana (1796 - 1856)," Revista de Estudios Regionales, Universidades Públicas de Andalucía, vol. 1, pages 217-242.
  • Handle: RePEc:rer:articu:v:1:y:2018:p:217-242
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    Algodón; Cataluña; Motril;
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    • R1 - Urban, Rural, Regional, Real Estate, and Transportation Economics - - General Regional Economics

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