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Upland communities : environment, population, and social structure in the Alps since the sixteenth century

Title: Upland communities : environment, population, and social structure in the Alps since the sixteenth century / Pier Paolo Viazzo.
Author: Viazzo, Pier Paolo.
Publication: Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 1989.

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Description

xv, 325 pages : illustrations; 24 cm.

Series Statement

Cambridge studies in population, economy, and society in past time ; 8

Uniform Title

Cambridge studies in population, economy, and society in past time ; 8.

Subjects

Genre/Form

History.

Note

Includes index.

Bibliography (note)

Bibliography: p. 297-317.

Contents

Machine derived contents note: List of illustrations -- List of tables -- List of abbreviations -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction: anthropology, historical demography and the study of mountain societies -- 1. Environment, population and social structure: the Alpine village as an ecosystem -- 2. Open systems, open questions -- 3. Anthropologists in the Alps -- 4. The changing demography of Alpine communities -- 5. The traditional economy and its demise -- 6. The causes and consequences of Alpine emigration -- 7. The wealth from the earth: mining and immigration -- 8. Population, resources and homeostatic regulation -- 9. The domestic domain -- 10. Upland communities -- A summary of conclusions -- Bibliography -- Index.

ISBN

0521306639
9780521306638

LCCN

88018973
9780521306638

OCLC

ocm18071343
18071343
SCSB-1717580

Owning Institutions

Princeton University Library