Sector servicios - History Lab https://historylab.es Fri, 20 May 2022 15:07:35 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://historylab.es/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/cropped-icono-historylab-32x32.jpg Sector servicios - History Lab https://historylab.es 32 32 Share of the labour force employed in the services sector, 1787 https://historylab.es/share-of-the-labour-force-employed-in-the-services-sector-1787/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=share-of-the-labour-force-employed-in-the-services-sector-1787 Sat, 19 Feb 2022 16:28:57 +0000 https://historylab.es/2022/02/19/proporcion-de-la-poblacion-activa-ocupada-en-el-sector-servicios-1787/ Proportion of the population engaged in service sector activities in 1787

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]]> Spain was still a fundamentally rural country in the 18th century, as certain areas of the peninsula were characterised by the existence of agrocities, large towns made up of farmers and day labourers. There was also an urban population which, however, encountered some difficulty. Most towns included a component of the population engaged in agriculture, and although huge levels of agricultural employment were not the general rule, most towns had between a quarter and half of their working population engaged in farm work. This was due to the weak and syncopated process of Spanish industrialisation and its concentration in a few places, especially until 1900. In this sense, the provincial capitals, whatever their size, are considered to have the capacity to attract non-agricultural activities during this period. Although they are only occasionally industrial, it is common for them to show high concentrations of active population in the service sector, since at least during the 18th century, an important part of their population was working for the Church. This type of activity is based on the nature of the pre-industrial city as a centre of attraction for power, as it was the place where the nobles preferred to live, where the Church concentrated its revenues, where the most coveted positions were located as well as the University, and where domestic service could find employment more easily. However, the industrial city would not become the dominant form of economic organisation until well into the 20th century. At least half of Spain’s cities have more than 33% of their working population in the service sector. Of the 12 most important agro-cities, 11 have a tertiary sector that does not reach a third of the active population and account for 80% of the cities whose service sector is less than 20% of the total population. Finally, it should be noted that the service sector is the most important sector in the small provincial capitals, especially in the group with less than 10,000 inhabitants; 61% of these capitals have more than a third of their population employed in services.

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]]> Service sector in the council of Avilés, 1797 https://historylab.es/service-sector-in-the-council-of-aviles-1797/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=service-sector-in-the-council-of-aviles-1797 Sat, 19 Feb 2022 16:28:46 +0000 https://historylab.es/2022/02/19/sector-servicios-en-el-concejo-de-aviles-1797/ Trades dedicated to the service sector collected in Avilés in 1797

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]]> The well-known Godoy Census was conceived as a tool for the general population count promoted by Manuel Godoy y Álvarez de Faria, First Secretary of State and Office of Charles IV. When it was published in 1801, it provided valuable data that gave an insight into the situation in Spain at the end of the 18th century. Its main characteristic is based on economic and not demographic knowledge, as it was drawn up as an improved renewal of the Floridablanca Census. This tool allows a detailed reconstruction of the activities of the manufacturing sector in Avilés at the end of the Ancien Régime. In this sense, the service sector highlighted the key role of trade, as Avilés had a mercantile tradition since the Middle Ages. As it was located in a central position in Asturias, which made it a demander of products, a commercial class was consolidated in the region that covered the supply circuits. One of the groups with a certain weight in the council was the military, as Avilés was the capital of the maritime province of the same name (from Gijón to Castropol). Military administration professions such as troops and sailors – active or retired – and others depended on the Navy Commissioner, Rafel Gómez Roubaud, a personal friend of Godoy. Attention to educational institutions is also relevant, when Asturias was at the bottom of the list in terms of school enrolment: 93.5% were boys and 6.5% girls. Likewise, the census reflects the personnel dependent on the Church, including sacristans, those people who lived with the religious (donados and educandas) next to the buildings destined for worship. Finally, it includes domestic service, the bulk of which was carried out by domestic servants, as it was a fundamentally female job.

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