The Sociedades Económicas de Amigos del País in the nineteenth century. A necessary review

The "Sociedades Económicas de Amigos del País", have been discussion centers where the mainly activities have been focused on proposals definitions and creation of institutions in order to promote the country development.Their influence on the political and economic life during the nineteenth century has not been sufficiently appreciated. In this paper we propose an approach to the activities of the "Sociedad Económica Barcelonesa de Amigos del País" from the documents kept on theirs archives.