The Impact of Social and Dwelling Conditions on the Lives of Children from Zasavje in the First Half of the 20th Century
Keywords:
the black district, farm children, children in working-class colonies, exchange of physical labor of worker’s wives for farm goods, pre-school children – kindergarten childrenAbstract
Focusing on the period prior to the mid-20th century, this paper investigates the lives of children living in the mining region of Zasavje, the so-called black district. Their childhood years were defined by the local geographical and social circumstances of that period that had significantly influenced the formation of specific economic circumstances and diverse dwelling conditions during the period of industrializa- tion. As a result, they directly determined the social position of the local population that was also reflected in the daily life of the children of Zasavje, be it within their immediate family or in the wider social community, for example in kindergarten and in school.
