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Department of Geography, History and History of Art


SAGUER HOM, Enric

Lecturer in History
Director of the Institute of Historical Research
Member of the History of Rural Societies Research Group
Research lines: Agricultural history

Enric Saguer Hom (Girona, 1964) is a Doctor in History and Lecturer in Economic History at the University of Girona. He has published several studies on the transformations of the contemporary Catalan rural world. They focus in particular on the evolution of the structure of property, the management of large property, transformations in the process of agricultural work, the tenant farming system, etc. He has also worked on environmental history themes, particularly those concerning the material fluxes of farming systems (nutrients, water resources…) and the historical evolution of the rural landscape.

Research lines:

- Large property in contemporary Catalonia. Evolution in land yield and forms of asset management. Accounting records. Crisis and transformation of the rural aristocracy.

- Oral testimony on recent transformations in the rural world (1930-2000).

- Social dynamics and environmental transformations. History of the rural landscape. Agricultural work and investment in capital-land in the formation of Mediterranean agricultural landscapes.

Publications
  • Saguer, E. (coord.) (2005). Els últims hereus: història oral dels propietaris rurals gironins, 1930-2000. Barcelona: Generalitat de Catalunya, Departament de Cultura [Temes d'etnologia de Catalunya ; 10]
  • Saguer, E. (2005). Treball agrari i reproducció econòmica: el Baix Empordà, 1850-1880. Girona: CCG Edicions: Associació d'Història Rural de les Comarques Gironines: Centre de Recerca d'Història Rural (ILCC Vicens-Vives) de la Universitat de Girona [Biblioteca d’Història Rural. Estudis ; 7]
  • Garrabou, R., Planas, J., and Saguer, E. (2001). "Sharecropping and the Management of Large Rural Estates in Catalonia, 1850-1950". The Journal of Peasant Studies, vol. 28, nº 3, pp. 89-108
  • Garrabou, R., Planas, J., and Saguer, E. (2001). Un capitalisme impossible? La gestió de la gran propietat agrària a la Catalunya contemporània.Vic: Eumo. [Referències ; 30]
Contact details
E-mail: enric.saguer@udg.edu
Office: 4th floor
Tel: 972 41 87 97

Courses taught
Historiographical Methods and Techniques II
Computer Applications for History
Economic History