TY - EJOUR AU - Laura Clarissa Loew AU - William Connor T1 - Dreams Beyond the Cow Pasture T2 - Copernico. Geschichte und kulturelles Erbe im östlichen Europa PY - 2024/12/11 UR - https://www.copernico.eu/en/link/671f5b5a10e928.39903543 DA - 2025/11/08 PB - Herder-Institut für historische Ostmitteleuropaforschung - Institut der Leibniz-Gemeinschaft LA - en AB - The People's Republic of Poland brought radical change to the lives of children and young people living in the Polish countryside. Though many still had the task of herding cows, their expectations and visions for the future were now very different. In texts written and submitted as part of so-called “memoir competitions”, young people wrote about these future prospects and their own upbringing. KW - Poland KW - Polish People’s Republic KW - Education KW - Ego-Dokument KW - Farm KW - Youth KW - Childhood KW - Village KW - land reform KW - Adult education KW - Village life KW - Memoir competition (Poland) KW - Youth (person) KW - Child labor KW - Collectivization of agriculture (Poland) KW - Cowherd KW - Postwar period KW - Sociologist KW - Livestock farming KW - Peasant KW - 20th century KW - Contemporary history KW - History of eastern europe KW - Sociology KW - History of education L1 - https://www.copernico.eu/en/doi/671f5b5a10e928.39903543 ER -