Social Relations in the Estate Villages of Mecklenburg c.1880–1924
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East Elbian Germany
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Estate Authorities
Estate Owners
estate village social dynamics research
Estate Villages
Estate Workers
Fixed Wage Contracts
Gerd Krumeich
Interior Ministry
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Kapp Putsch
kaschuba
labourers
owners
Peasant Villages
peasant-worker relations
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Polish seasonal migration
Polish Seasonal Workers
Prussian east Elbian estates
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Resident Labourers
rural labour history
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Sozialgeschichtliches Arbeitsbuch
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Urban Recruits
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Young Men
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- ISBN 9781138275775
- Weight: 330g
- Dimensions: 156 x 234mm
- Publication Date: 30 Nov 2016
- Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Paperback
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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 relations east of the Elba in this period have been published. This book concentrates on social relations in the 1,500 estate villages (Gutsdörfer) of Mecklenburg-Schwerin and Mecklenburg-Strelitz. 'Social relations' include the chains of command and obedience, the relative legal positions of owner and workers, contractual-relations, economic relations; the mutual economic dependency of estate owners and workforce, as well as the value systems of owners and labourers which informed these relationships. With its focus on both rural elites and workers, this study differs from much other work on rural Germany. For while a number of historians have examined the rural elites, few have chosen to investigate the lower strata of rural society. This book makes use of overlooked autobiographical accounts, statements given by workers at labour exchanges and before military authorities, as well as confiscated letters, jokes and anecdotes to provide greater insight into the perspective of rural workers.
Simon Constantine is a lecturer at the University of Wolverhampton, UK.
