Die Dorfgeschichte

Hahn examines "how the German-speaking village history has been in dialogue with the social and political developments of its time since its inception. This investigation opens up the genre with a wide range of exemplary texts--both from the preliminary phases two hundred years ago and with works from the last few years, when the genre is enjoying new popularity--and explains them using clear structural and stylistic criteria. With this ... overview of the genre and the ... indication of its topicality, the author brings the village history, which has been little studied today, closer to a new generation of German scholars"--Dr. Caroline Bland, University of Sheffield.