Projects & Grants
| Cultural and Social Transformations of Society in Subject Towns in the First Half of the 19th Century (the example of the towns of Frýdek and Místek) | |
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| Project Id | GPP410/10/P067 |
| Main solver | PhDr. Radek Lipovski, Ph.D. |
| Period | 1/2010 - 12/2012 |
| Provider | Postdoktorský projekt GA ČR |
| State | finished |
| Anotation | This project will involve research into questions concerning the transformation of small-town societies in transition from traditional to modern society. It will focus on changes in cultural values and social structures in subject towns owing to the development of proto-industrial modes of production (in this case textile production) and increased immigration to proto-industrial centres. The research will monitor a the social position of representatives of traditional artisan professions with a view to the differences between the rapidly developing textile industry and the other industries. Probate documentation wil be studied in order to characterize a substantial proportion of the social spectrum in small-town societies; this includes lower ranks represented in this case mainly by servants, who probably possessed some personal effects, hence the existence of probate documentation. The research will provide a deeper understanding of social structure in subject towns; up to now, such knowledge has been relatively generalized. |
