This research, originally under the auspices of Professor van Vuuren, was accepted by Professor Edelman after the war because of a vacuum in the Social Economic Department of the Agricultural University. Because of the change of promotors the description of the physical environment was extended. The development of Huissen was closely dependent on t...
The subject of this study is the origin and later development of a sandy region in the eastern part of the province of Groningen. Cut off from its surroundings by inaccessible peat moors, this region preserved its original character for centuries.The book falls into three parts. The first chapters deal with the geological, political and demographic...
In olden times the diluvial sands of the southern Netherlands around the village nucleus formed widespread heaths, fens and bogs. On them the farmers had rights of grazing, and of digging peat and turf. In Saxon areas in the eastern Netherlands these lands became common property (marches or commons, Du. marken), while in the south, under the influe...
