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Denmark, a Social Laboratory: Independent Farmers, Co-Operative Societies, Folk High Schools, Social Legislation: with 150 Photographs Illustrating Life and Conditions in Denmark

by H. J. Fleure, Peter Manniche. 218 pgs.

Contributors:

   H. J. Fleure, Peter Manniche

Publisher:

   G. E. C. Gad

Place of Publication:

  Copenhagen  

Publication Year:

  1939

Subjects:

Agriculture--Denmark, Cooperation--Denmark, Education--Denmark, Denmark--Social Conditions

	CONTENTS
	Preface	6
	Introduction	9
I.	Independent Farmers National features -- the country -- the importance of agriculture to Danish national economy -- the problem of freeing the Danish peasant from tenancy on the large estates -- the problem of securing credit -- how the State helps agricultural workers to become farmers -- the political situation in Denmark and the small-holders -- the position of the small-holder in the Danish social economy .	11
II.	Farmers' Co-operation From grain to live stock farming in less than two decades -- the co-operative dairy societies -- milk recording societies the co-operative bacon factories -- the co-operative wholesale purchasing societies -- co-operative export societies -- the co-operative bank -- characteristic features of Danish farmers' co-operation -- the agricultural crisis -- what made the Danish farmers co-operators .	33
III.	The Folk High Schools Grundtvig -- Folkehøjskolen -- the folk high school takes root in the nation -- an experiment in international adult education .	74
IV.	Co-operation in the Towns and Municipal Enterprise General remarks and historical development -- the municipality of Elsinore .	136
V.	Social Legislation Protection of Labour -- social insurance -- industrial accidents -- unemployment relief -- sickness insurance --Bispebjerg Hospital -- invalidity insurance and old age pensions -- public expenses -- national income and taxation -- employers and employees -- unemployed housing conditions -- living standard -- price level .	157
VI.	A Danish Village The farm -- use of leisure -- cultural life -- the administration -- the co-operative store -- the co-operative dairy -- the school -- modern influence in village planning .	180
	A Table of Comparative American-English and Danish Monetary and Metric Systems	209
	Lndex	210
	Bibliography	214

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