La répercussion en Grèce à la fin du XIXe siècle de la crise du raisin sec

Abstract

In the last decade of 19th c. currant was a determining factor in the
Greek economy. The decrease in the demand of currant in that period resulted
in a serious financial crisis, known in the economic history precicely for this
reason as the “currant question”.
Measures to cope with this problem were taken by the Greek Governments
first in 1895.
Consequently to this crisis followed domestic movement of populations
from the currant areas to Athens as well as emigration to USA. The same
crises, however, became the starting point of the industrialisation of the country
and the end of the dependence of the Greek economy exclusively on currants.