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SUMMARY:The paradox of being poor\, yet well fed and warm. Material welfar
 e levels in the 17th and 18th century Southern Low Countries - Maïka de K
 eyzer (KU Leuven)
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CONTACT:Martin Andersson
DESCRIPTION:The Campine area in the Southern Low Countries has been consid
 ered as extremely poor. As a region dominated by commons and an absence of
  proletarianized labourers\, typical indicators such as real wages and lan
 d ownership are irrelevant. In my research I move beyond GDP figures and r
 eal wages and study the total obtained material welfare levels. For this p
 aper I will explain one particular paradox: the abundant\navailability of 
 fuel and food in the average smallholder cottage.
LOCATION:History Faculty Room 5
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