Biography of Tio Bento y Dona Maria from Tourém, Post-War Economic Activities

Álvarez Pérez, Xosé Afonso coordinated this biographical dataset from the e-cienciaDatos Harvested Dataverse, last updated on May 5, 2024. The text describes the life of an informant from Tourém, covering childhood adversity, migration to Spain, and diverse economic activities. The narrative details work in the timber industry, smuggling, trade, and lending, including profiteering from high-cost products after the Spanish Civil War.

Use Cases

• Analyzing informal economic strategies based on described activities in smuggling and trade.
• Studying post-war profiteering and market conditions based on mentions of product scarcity and high costs.
• Researching labor history and migration based on the subject's work in the timber industry and time spent in Spain.
• Examining personal narratives of hardship and survival based on the biographical details of childhood loss and scarcity.

Strengths

• Provides a detailed personal narrative covering multiple life stages and economic contexts.
• Includes specific historical references, such as activities after the Spanish Civil War.
• Describes a range of economic activities, from formal industry to informal trade and lending.

Limitations

• Description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.

Provenance

Source

e-cienciaDatos Harvested Dataverse, coordinated by Álvarez Pérez, Xosé Afonso.

Collection Method

Likely gathered through oral history or biographical research.

Time Range

Covers a period including the Spanish Civil War and its aftermath.

Freshness

Last updated 2024-05-05 06:35:12; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Focuses on an informant from Tourém, with activities in Spain.