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Denmark: A Social Laboratory
Independent Farmers and Co-Operatives, Folk High-Schools, the Changing Village, the Development of Social Welfare in Town and Country
- 1st Edition - January 1, 1969
- Author: Peter Manniche
- Editor: James F. Porter
- Language: English
- Paperback ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 0 8 - 0 0 6 9 9 1 - 3
- eBook ISBN:9 7 8 - 1 - 4 8 3 1 - 8 0 4 6 - 5
Denmark: A Social Laboratory explores the history of the agricultural sector in Denmark. This is the first part in a series of books on “Rural Development and Changing Countries of… Read more
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Request a sales quoteDenmark: A Social Laboratory explores the history of the agricultural sector in Denmark. This is the first part in a series of books on “Rural Development and Changing Countries of the World.” The book is organized into two parts. Part I provides an overview of the agricultural industry in Denmark and explores the history of the farmers’ response to internal problems, the development of farmers’ cooperation, the establishment of folk high schools for young adults, and vocational training for farmers. Part II explores the evolution of rural village in Denmark, analyzes the development of social legislation, and describes the structure of the changing village. This book will be of interest to persons dealing with studies on rural development and the history of agricultural development in Denmark.
Book IEditorial by James Forrest Porter PrefacesEditorialIntroduction Part I Rural Denmark as a Social Laboratory A Comment on the Works of Art Section I The Background Independent Farmers Who Co-operate National Features Geographic Setting The Importance of Agriculture A Summary of Danish History until the Great Agricultural Reforms Section II Response to Internal Problems Tenancy Securing Credit Democracy (The Constitutional Amendment 1953) The Small-holder Increasing Agricultural Production Land Distribution Rise of the Small-holder Future of the Small-holder Section III Farmers' Co-operation Response to Overseas Competition Co-operative Dairy Societies Cooperative Bacon Factories Co-operative Milk Recording Societies Co-operative Purchasing Societies Co-operative Consumers' Societies and the Co-operative Wholesale Co-operative Export Societies Co-operative Bank Development in Co-operation during and after the Second World War Characteristic Features of Danish Farmers' Co-operation Limitations and Achievements of the Farmers' Co-operation Reasons for Danish Rural Co-operation Section IV The Folk High Schools for Young Adults Response to the Need for an Education for Life N. F. S. Grundtvig Folkehøjskolen The Folk High School Takes Root in the Nation Free Schools and Continuation Boarding Schools Folk High Schools with a Special Trend General Trends The International Trend in Danish Education The Situation in the School Year 1964-65 The Folk High Schools and the State Section V Vocational Training The Agricultural Schools Vocational Youth Work Agricultural Advisers Domestic Schools Statistics re Adult Education in Denmark Part II A Danish Village in Past and Present Section I In the Distant Past The Plough Fellowship Rural Life under Tenancy The Changing Village I Section II On the Threshold of the Industrial Age, and Onwards An Old Farm The Farm Laborer's House Housing Conditions in the Motor Age Demonstration Farms Work Festive Seasons Leisure Social Life Politics A Political Cell Class Distinction The Two Sexes Religion The Way Ahead Back to the Village Section III Social Legislation The Influence of the Towns A Glimpse of Copenhagen The Development of Social Legislation Another Glimpse of Copenhagen Copenhagen Reaching the Village Section IV Structural Features in the Changing Village Local Administration The Co-operative Store The Co-operative Dairy A Wholly Rural Neighborhood in 1964. A Peep at Conditions in a Jutland Village The Church in the Rural Villages The School The Rural Schoolmaster Urban Schools Grundtvigians Face to Face with a Principal in His Folk High School A Day at the Folk High School Fruits of the Folk High School in the Villages An Englishman's, a Russian's and Indians' Impressions of Rural Life in Jutland Appendix to Parts I and II I. The Agricultural Council II. Co-operation in Danish Towns III . The Development of the Co-operatives in Scandinavia a Comparison IV. The Scandinavian School System V. Statistics about Social Legislation in Scandinavia VI. Scandinavian Support to the Developing Countries
- No. of pages: 268
- Language: English
- Edition: 1
- Published: January 1, 1969
- Imprint: Pergamon
- Paperback ISBN: 9780080069913
- eBook ISBN: 9781483180465
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