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The Death of the Village in C20th Europe
Geert Mak
ISBN: 9781860468032
Format: Paperback
Publisher:Vintage
Edition: illustrated edition
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The countryside is in crisis. The shops are closing down in the villages, there is no school for miles around and, when they grow up, the few remaining children will escape to a less arduous life in the city. The village as we have known it for centuries must adapt to survive, but what will be lost in the process? In this book Geert Mak returns to the small Frisian village of his childhood, Jorwerd (pop. 330 and falling), and meets the present-day Jorwerders…
Born in Friesland himself, Geert Mak has returned to his roots to explore the "silent revolution" that took place in the small village of Jorwerd, Friesland, after World War II. He lived in Jorwerd for six months, gathering the personal stories of Jorwerters past and present, many of whom were born, lived and died there. By interweaving their colourful stories with the wider history of Europe, Mak provides an unsentimental portrayal of the pleasures and the hardships of living in the country, while illustrating at the same time how rural life everywhere is under threat from the modern world.
| ISBN | 1860468039 | | DEWEY edition | DC21 | | ISBN13 | 9781860468032
(What's this?) | | Pages | 284 | | Publisher | Vintage | | Volumes | 1 | | Imprint | The Harvill Press | | Weight (grammes) | 355 | | Format | Paperback | | Published in | London | | Publication date | 26 Oct 2000 | | Height (mm) | 215 | | Translator | Ann Kelland | | Width (mm) | 135 | | Library of Congress | DJ | | Spine width (mm) | 22 | | DEWEY | 949.21307 | | Academic level | General |
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