Modernizing the Estonian Farmhouse, Redefining the Family, 1880s–1930s
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 11264967 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Marie-Alice L’Heureux (Schlumberger (Ireland), corresponding author) |
| Year | 2010 |
| Volume | 41 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 473-506 |
| Publication date | 2010-12-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Baltic Studies (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0162-9778 • E-ISSN: 1751-7877 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/01629778.2010.527134 |
| PMID | 21280384 |
| OpenAlex | W1997244054 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 3 |
In the nineteenth century, the transition from a Baltic-German-controlled manor-and-serf economy to individually owned farmsteads transformed all aspects of life including the spatial organization and form of farmhouses in the western provinces of Tsarist Russia. Agricultural experts and social reformers discussed how to update the traditional threshing-room dwelling house (rehielamu) into a healthy dwelling for successful farmers and, after the Estonian War of Independence, for new settlers. Using material culture such as contemporary plans, I show that changing household relationships, in addition to economic and technological factors, helped to transform the ancient rehielamu into a modern dwelling
Agriculture · Archaeology · Business · Economic history · Economic policy · Economics · Economy · Estonian · Geography · German · Independence (probability theory · Political science · Threshing · Western europe · History · Urbanization and City Planning
| Citations per year | 0.09 |
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| Citation span | 2015 - 2015 (1) |
| Highly cited | No |