Aproximación a las relaciones intracomunitarias de los pescadores bermeanos a mediados del siglo XIX.

Abstract

Thanks to two socioeconomic conflicts -the competitive importation of foreign fish for the canning industry, and the new alcohol tax in order to finance the "Worship and Clergy" expenses-, it can be observed, that traditional cohesion between fishermen's families was still valid in Bermeo, despite the growing penetration of the capitalistic liberalism in this sector: inbreeding, kinship, neighbourhood, claiming rejoicingsand respect for the stratified but protective Fishermen's Association, which transmitted a popular equity-based protest