Burgbach: urbanization and identity in a German village
By: by George D. Spindler and student collaborators.
Series: Case studies in cultural anthropology
Publisher: Holt, Rinehart and Winston
Published: 1973
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 148
Subjects: Burgbach, Ger
Notes: Bibliography: p. 139-145.
Table of contents: title: An identity -- The history -- The land and its uses -- A conception of social structure -- Changes in Burgbach -- The newcomers -- How are the people sorted? -- Die Winter Familie [family] -- Die Schmid Familie -- Die Schleiner Familie -- Die Weis Familie -- Die Schwab Familie -- Die Locher Familie -- Die Albrecht Familie -- Conclusion -- Introduction -- Ritualization -- Reaffirmation of identity and the Kirbefest. The Kirbefest -- Interpretation -- Self-verifying beliefs. Volksheilkunde -- Common home remedies -- Therapeutic bathing -- Heilkräuter-tee -- General attitudes toward health and disease -- Final comments on volksheilkunde -- Ecological “lock-in”.  Interpretation -- Hauptberuffich and nebenberuflich -- Other forces for continuity -- Business establishments. Factories -- Commuting -- Changes in attitude -- Physical change in Burgbach -- Flurbereinigung : a change in principle -- Die grundschule. In the classrooms : Burgbach school -- Heimatkunde -- The Schönhausen school. Die wanderung -- The trip to the bell tower -- Comment -- Criticism and revision -- Materials of instruction -- A changing curriculum -- Freedom and constraint in the classroom -- Identity and choice -- Instrumental perceptions and choices -- A theoretical model -- The research procedure -- The results -- Interpretation -- The deviants -- Conclusion -- To come -- Glossary.