Small Town and Village in Bavaria
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Small Town and Village in Bavaria

The Passing of a Way of Life

  1. 280 pages
  2. English
  3. ePUB (mobile friendly)
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eBook - ePub

Small Town and Village in Bavaria

The Passing of a Way of Life

About this book

At the center of this investigation is the great modernization effort of a West German state, Bavaria, in the 1970s and 1980s, by means of a reform of the smaller units of local government. The reforms were meant to abolish all autonomous local governments serving populations of fewer than 3,000, thereby reducing the number of local governments in Bavaria from more than 7,000 to less than 2,000. Based on interviews, surveys, and statistical research, this study chronicles fifteen communities and their challenges, developments, and social changes from post-1945 up to the present. While this book explores the decline of the iconic village community, it also reveals the survival of medieval towns in a contemporary world, and despite the modern desire for comprehensive and well-integrated services, there remains a seemingly perennial appeal of small town and village life.

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Information

Year
2012
Print ISBN
9780857453471
eBook ISBN
9780857453488
Edition
1
Topic
History
Index
History

Table of contents

  1. Cover Page
  2. Title Page
  3. Copyright Page
  4. Dedication Page
  5. Contents
  6. List of Figures
  7. Acknowledgments
  8. Introduction
  9. Chapter 1. Changing Villages and Small Places in Bavaria
  10. Chapter 2. The Small-Town or Village Community
  11. Chapter 3. Planning Local Territorial Reform
  12. Chapter 4. The Implementation of the Reform
  13. Chapter 5. No Town is an Island
  14. Chapter 6. Conclusion
  15. Appendix. Tables A1–A15
  16. Selected Bibliography
  17. Index