Template-Type: ReDIF-Article 1.0 Author-Name: Giancarlo Di Sandro Author-Email: Author-Workplace-Name: Università di Bologna - Dipartimento di Economia e Ingegneria Agrarie Title: La manualistica di economia agraria: da Cuppari a Serpieri (History of Italian agricoltural economics: textbooks from 1850 to 1930) Abstract: The aim of this research is the identification of the main milestones of Italian Agricultural Economics from 1850 to 1930. The study is based on the analisis of the texbooks considered as key references for this discipline. In the early phase, Agricultural Economics was originally based on agronomic sciences, whereas in the late phase, throughout a long, hard pathway, full of obstacles and trials, it was connected in a more strict way to Economics, loosing any technical specificities. Classification-JEL: B19; Q10 Keywords: Profilo storico dell’economia agraria italiana; manuali (History of Italian Agricultural Economics; texbooks) Journal: Il Pensiero Economico Italiano Pages: 173-211 Volume: 14 Issue: 1 Year: 2006 File-URL: https://www.libraweb.net/articoli.php?chiave=200606301&rivista=63 Handle: RePEc:pei:journl:v:14:y:2006:1:10:p:173-211