Německé zemědělské spolky v rakouském Slezsku druhé poloviny 19. století : stavovská svépomoc, solidarita, jednota a uvědomělost

• Authors: Jitka Balcarová

Title variants

EN

German Agricultural Societies in Austrian Silesia in the Latter Half of the 19th Century : Self-Support of the Estates, Solidarity, Unity, and Awareness

• Languages of publication: CS

Abstracts

EN

This paper introduces the agricultural interest structures of Germans in Austrian Silesia in the latter half of the 19th century as an element of modernisation of the countryside which significantly contributed to its economic, class and political emancipation, from the point of view of their gradual organisational construction and the principles of peasant association. It can be surmised that the milieu of agricultural associations, which were connected with other agricultural-economic structures in terms of their membership and interest, had the potential to advance the ideological elements of the nascent German agrarian movement at the turn of the 19th and 20th centuries. The paper focuses on the key agricultural non-political associations along with their developmental trends which created this base in the region of Austrian Silesia. The author primarily relies on printed sources, because although the archive material devoted to agricultural associations in the region may seem very rich, it does not provide the necessary amount of relevant data. Given the current state of research, when the interest structures of associations are not given attention considering their role in the development of rural areas, this article seeks to enrich the professional discourse surrounding the issue.

Keywords

EN

Austrian Silesia; 19th Century; Countryside; Peasantry; Agriculture; Agricultural Associations

Discipline

• HISTORY: HISTORY

• Publisher: University of Ostrava, Faculty of Arts, Czech Republic
• Journal: Historica: revue pro historii a příbuzné vědy (Historica: Review in history and related sciences)
• Year: 2017
• Volume: 8
• Issue: 2
• Pages: 151-164
• Document type: ARTICLE

Contributors

author

Jitka Balcarová

• Katedra historie, Filozofická fakulta, Ostravská univerzita v Ostravě, Reální 5, 701 00 Ostrava, Czech Republic