Wages and family strategies in Spanish mining in the 1920s. Río Tinto

This article studies family income and household consumption in a specific mining area in southwest Spain (Nerva, province of Huelva), dependent on the British company Rio Tinto Mining Co Ltd. (RTCL) The data from the 1924 Municipal Population Register has been used as the basis for the analysis, which, exceptionally, offers the novelty of the trades and wage income declared by the men and women who made up the households in the town. We have been able to strengthen the work of reconstructing monetary income and household consumption with the rich documentation available (social, labour and economic) from the RTCL, which gives greater robustness to the results presented. Finally, the results of household food consumption clarify the problems faced by families in the mining area to achieve a minimum of biological well-being. El artículo realiza un estudio sobre las rentas monetarias familiares y el consumo de los hogares de una zona específicamente minera del Suroeste de España (Nerva, provincia de Huelva), dependiente de la empresa británica Rio Tinto Mining Co. Ltd. (RTCL). Se ha utilizado como base del análisis los datos del Padrón Municipal de Población de 1924 que, excepcionalmente, ofrece la novedad de los oficios e ingresos salariales declarados por los hombres y mujeres que conformaban los hogares de la localidad. Hemos podido robustecer el trabajo de reconstrucción de renta monetaria y consumo familiar con la rica documentación disponible (social, laboral y económica) de RTCL lo que le da mayor robustez a los resultados que se presentan. Finalmente, los resultados del consumo alimentario de las familias clarifica la problemática a la que se enfrentaban las familias de la zona minera para lograr un mínimo de bienestar biológico.

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Áreas Revista Internacional de Ciencias Sociales
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2024-12-31
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https://doi.org/10.6018/areas.637171
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Historical and socio-economic studies of Spain and related regions
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Wages and family strategies in Spanish mining in the 1920s. Río Tinto

Miguel Pérez de Perceval Verde, Ángel Pascual Martínez Soto, Eva María Trescastro-López
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Wages and family strategies in Spanish mining in the 1920s. Río Tinto

Miguel Pérez de Perceval Verde, Ángel Pascual Martínez Soto, Eva María Trescastro-López
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This article studies family income and household consumption in a specific mining area in southwest Spain (Nerva, province of Huelva), dependent on the British company Rio Tinto Mining Co Ltd. (RTCL) The data from the 1924 Municipal Population Register has been used as the basis for the analysis, which, exceptionally, offers the novelty of the trades and wage income declared by the men and women who made up the households in the town. We have been able to strengthen the work of reconstructing monetary income and household consumption with the rich documentation available (social, labour and economic) from the RTCL, which gives greater robustness to the results presented. Finally, the results of household food consumption clarify the problems faced by families in the mining area to achieve a minimum of biological well-being. El artículo realiza un estudio sobre las rentas monetarias familiares y el consumo de los hogares de una zona específicamente minera del Suroeste de España (Nerva, provincia de Huelva), dependiente de la empresa británica Rio Tinto Mining Co. Ltd. (RTCL). Se ha utilizado como base del análisis los datos del Padrón Municipal de Población de 1924 que, excepcionalmente, ofrece la novedad de los oficios e ingresos salariales declarados por los hombres y mujeres que conformaban los hogares de la localidad. Hemos podido robustecer el trabajo de reconstrucción de renta monetaria y consumo familiar con la rica documentación disponible (social, laboral y económica) de RTCL lo que le da mayor robustez a los resultados que se presentan. Finalmente, los resultados del consumo alimentario de las familias clarifica la problemática a la que se enfrentaban las familias de la zona minera para lograr un mínimo de bienestar biológico.

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Historical and socio-economic studies of Spain and related regions
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