Századok – 2021
2021 / 2. szám - VIDÉKI TÁRSADALOM ÉS PERCEPCIÓI A 18-20. SZÁZADBAN - Szulovszky János: A magyarországi városok életvilága a foglalkozások tükrében 1892-ben
A MAGYARORSZÁGI VÁROSOK ÉLETVILÁGA A FOGLALKOZÁSOK TÜKRÉBEN 1892-BEN Rangsor Hierarchia szint Település Település Ipari + kereskedelmi ágak száma Sorrend A rangsor és a sorrendkülönbsége Iparágak száma Sorrend Kereskedelmi ágak száma Sorrend 1000 lakosra jutó iparosok + kereskedők száma Sorrend 211. Kisvárosok Tab Marosludas 34 211-25 23 215 11 183 32,6 180 212. Topolya Zsarnóca 30 212-104 24 212 6 208 42,5 152 213. Szepsi Teke 30 213-11 23 214 7 207 31,2 184 214. Csurgó Törökkanizsa 30 214-17 24 213 6 209 22,7 207 215. Gyönk Dárda 29 215-37 28 210 1 215 33,4 177 THE LIFE-WORLD OF HUNGARIAN TOWNS IN LIGHT OF PROFESSIONS 1892 By János Szulovszky SUMMARY The paper reconstructs the scope of the experiences of those people who lived in or came to Hungary in 1892 with regards to the existence of which professions within the various sections of the urban population seemed natural to them, and at which layers of the settlement hierarchy could they satisfy their more special needs. Although the basic tendency is quite naturally for the higher levels of the hierarchy to offer more varied forms of industry and trade, in the case of some crafts one does find breaks, blank spots, and regional differences. These are most conspicuous in towns which are partial county seat sized. One of the reasons for this situation is most probably a break in the trend of the otherwise continuous growth of population in the hierarchy of urban settlements. The relatively high average presence of the various crafts and trades in the towns of the Great Hungarian Plain compared to the national index may by accounted for by the local composition of the population; however, the amount of workshops and markets per 1000 inhabitants, which lags behind the national average, shows that greater population did not necessarily go hand in hand with a stronger embeddedness of such professions. 352
