1st Edition
Social Relations in the Estate Villages of Mecklenburg c.1880–1924
By Simon Constantine
Copyright 2007
176 Pages
by
Routledge
176 Pages
by
Routledge
176 Pages
by
Routledge
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Research on late nineteenth and early twentieth century German society has concentrated overwhelmingly on life in the cities. By contrast, and despite the fact that almost one third of Germans were still working in agriculture as late as 1914, Germany's rural society remains relatively unexplored. Although historians have begun to correct this imbalance, very few full-length studies of social... Read more
Contents: Introduction; The estate village population; Keeping workers working: management and resident labour; Mismanagement and labour protest; Worker-peasants and urban recruits: labour mobility between the village and the city; Polish seasonal workers; Conclusion; Bibliography; Index.
Biography
Simon Constantine is a lecturer at the University of Wolverhampton, UK.
