The local and regional governance and oligarchy by wealthy farmers in northwest Germany's rural society during 18th and 19th centuries

2014 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 24530386
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: Economic history
• Research Institution: Otaru University of Commerce
• Principal Investigator: HIRAI Susumu 小樽商科大学, 商学部, 教授 (30301964)
• Project Period (FY): 2012-04-01 – 2015-03-31
• Keywords: 経済史

Outline of Final Research Achievements

This research considers the role of local and regional office holders in supporting oligarchic self-government as well as that of wealthy farmers (Hausmann) in the east region of the German North Sea coastal areas, mainly the area around the Elbe estuary (chiefly the Land Hadeln), from 1733 to 1852. The three areas discussed here are: 1)The social realities of the office holders and the wealthy farmers, especially the characteristics of their farm and land holdings; 2)The social links and networks among the two groups, as well as between them and the civic middle class; 3)Their participation in the local and regional administration system, particularly the elections of the office holders in the parishes who shouldered the responsibility of self-government for the other inhabitants and the territorial state.

Free Research Field

経済史