FF:ETBB89 Sociocultural Changes in the L

ETBB89 Sociocultural Changes in the Life of the Countryside in the 20th

Faculty of Arts
Spring 2011

Extent and Intensity

2/0/0. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).

Teacher(s)

L. Svoboda (lecturer)
Mgr. Libor Svoboda, Ph.D. (lecturer)

Guaranteed by

Timetable

each odd Thursday 9:10–10:45 J31

Course Enrolment Limitations

The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.

fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with

Course objectives

Having completed the course, the students will be able to describe the social development and changes of Czech countryside in the twentieth century.

Syllabus

The aim of the course is to present the changes which Czech countryside went through from the emergence of independent Czechoslovakia in 1918 to the 1990s. -Historiography and sources -Czech countryside before the start of the First World War -Agricultural worker as “the basis of Czech nation“ -Agrarian reform in the 1920s and its impact on Czech society -Agrarian party and its influence on Czech politics -Countryside in the service of ideologies -Persecution of farmer class -Collectivization and its international causes and context -Co-operative farms and state farms -Situation in Czech and Moravian country after 1989

Literature

recommended literature

Závěrečná fáze kolektivizace zemědělství v Československu, 1957-1960 : sborník příspěvků. Edited by Vladimír Březina - Jiří Pernes. Vyd. 1. Brno: Stilus, 2009, 231 s. ISBN 9788087122044. info
JECH, Karel. Kolektivizace a vyhánění sedláků z půdy. Vyd. 1. Praha: Vyšehrad, 2008, 331 s. ISBN 9788070219027. info

Teaching methods

2 lectures

Assessment methods

exam, test

Language of instruction

Czech

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