Die Erziehung zur Arbeit der Bauern-,Hirten-und Gutsknechtskinder

Training Peasants', Shepherds' and Servants' Children for Work - The study gives a national overview of how the children of families employed in agriculture were trained for work, their working conditions and the role they played in the tasks. Citing 18th-19th century archival sources it shows that great emphasis was placed on the employment of minors, both in peasant households and farms and on the big estates. Children were put to work later in prosperous families than in the poorer families. The author describes how the skills for work were acquired, the working methods taught and supervised in the different social strata and occupational groups. Even games and amusements helped to educate children for work. The author also presents the life of children of servants on the big estates who helped their families with their earnings right from primary school age. The photographic illustrations are from the collection of the Hungarian Agricultural Museum