The German Peasantry (Routledge Revivals): Conflict and Community in Rural Society from the Eighteenth to the Twentieth Centuries

by W. R. Lee, Richard J. Evans, W. Robert Lee, et al.

Book Overview

This book, first published in 1986, surveys the history of rural society in Germany from the eighteenth century to the present day. The contributions include studies of Junker estates and small farming communities, serfs and landless labourers, maidservants and worker-peasants. They demonstrate the variety and complexity of the social division that structures the rural economy. Throughout the book there is an emphasis on the conflicts that divided...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1138842796
• ISBN13: 9781138842793
• Release Date: May 2016
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 322 Pages
• Weight: 0.83 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.5" x 8.5"