German: bäuerliche Strukturen English translation: free/independent peasantry 
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| GLOSSARY ENTRY (DERIVED FROM QUESTION BELOW) | | German term or phrase: | bäuerliche Strukturen | | English translation: | free/independent peasantry | | Entered by: | Craig Meulen |
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Social Sciences - History | | German term or phrase: bäuerliche Strukturen | The context is:
Während sich in anderen Teilen Deutschlands vorrangig bäuerliche Strukturen entwickelten, führte die politische und wirtschaftliche Potenz mecklenburgischer und pommerscher Grundherren ... zu einer gänzlich neuen Wirtschaftsweise mit großen zusammenhängenden Blockfluren und einer neuen Siedlungsform.
I can't write "rural", since the social structures east of the Elbe were also rural and agricultural, but I need a term to contrast the systems that developed.
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| | Clarification request(s) and responsexxxFrancis Lee: 5:47pm Nov 23, 2006: What's the context/era, dear MeckPommer? No, it's not clear at all ;-) Bauernkrieg, 30 Years' War, 1848? Tell us everything you know!
xxxFrancis Lee: 5:52pm Nov 23, 2006: And what's the general context, i.e. purpose/readership of the translation?
Craig Meulen: 5:56pm Nov 23, 2006: OK, I'm eating my humble pie ... - Yes, we're talking about the developments after the 30 Years' War.
Article in a magazine for a somehwat knowledgeable but still quite general audience.
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xxxFrancis Lee
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| Note from asker to answererThanks Francis, I think the key word here is definitely "free" - since I researched further and "peasant" is often used synonymously with "serf", and it's this concept of "not-serf" that I was looking for.
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| peasant or agricultural - depending on the context
Explanation:
Context!
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Note added at 48 mins (2006-11-23 18:06:06 GMT)
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The notes and answers from Francis and Craig were not available when I posted this answer. Actually I don't want any more context, I meant for Craig to base his choice on the basis of the context of his entire document, which is not available to me.
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Note added at 50 mins (2006-11-23 18:08:40 GMT)
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If I had known what I know now about the context, I would have only suggested peasant.
| lindaellen
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| Notes to answerer
Asker: Thanks for your answer - I think as "structure of small peasant holdings" we're almost there, but Francis' addition of "free" is the clincher.
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