Overview

This award-winning classic in the study of ethnicity, identity, and nation-building has a new introduction (on which Eric Wolf collaborated near the end of his life) that shows the continuing validity of the book's innovative approach to ethnography, ecology, culture, and politics. The authors investigated two Alpine villages-the German-speaking community of St. Felix and Romance-speaking Tret-only a mile apart in the same mountain valley.

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Author:   John W. Cole ,  Eric R. Wolf
Publisher:   University of California Press
Imprint:   University of California Press
Edition:   First Edition, with a New Intr ed.
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 2.00cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   0.544kg
ISBN:  

9780520216815

ISBN 10:   0520216814
Pages:   372
Publication Date:   16 November 1999
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

PREFACE ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS INTRODUCTION Chapter I. The Inquiry Two Villages Fieldwork The Politics of Place Names Questions and Answers Chapter II. The Forging of Tyrolese Identity The Alpine Landscape Prehistory New Settlers Political Consolidation Trade and Mining The Peasant Revolt The Counter-Reformation Economic and Political Decline Chapter III. Torments of Nationalism Italian Unification German Unification Nationalist Rivalry World War I Fascism The Plebiscite Chapter IV. The Economic Development of the Rural Sector Early Middle Ages: Sixth-Eleventh Centuries Late Middle Ages: Twelfth-Sixteenth Centuries The Early Modern Period: Sixteenth-Seventeenth Centuries Tyrol and Trentino Contrasted The Economic Margin of the State Changing Economic Relations The Fascist Interlude The Postwar Boom Chapter V. History of an Upland Valley The Roman Frontier Bishop and Count Communes German Settlement Peasant Revolts The Impact of the Counter-Reformation The French Invasion Population: St. Felix and Tret The Impact of Nationalism Chapter VI. Mountain Husbandry The Ecology of Mountain Agriculture The Annual Cycle The Organization of Village Resources The Limits of Expansion The Facts of Life Chapter VII. The Mountain Estate Rights in Estates Economic Pursuits The Organization of Labor Chapter VIII. Inheritance The Ideology of Inheritance The Realities of Life Ecological Constraints The Age Factor in Inheritance The Inheritance Process in Tret The Inheritance Process in St. Felix Inheritance and Women Secondary Heirs Summary Chapter IX. The New Economic Order Changing Circumstances The Response in Tret The Response in St. Felix Tret and St. Felix Compared The Material Basis of the Good Life Prosperity and Misfortune Chapter X. Kith and Kin Domestic Groups Authority Marriage Associations Chapter XI. Cultural Confrontation Appendix 1. Population Statistics Appendix 2. Interview Sheet Appendix 3. Representative Holdings in Tret and St. Felix Case 1: The Mill Estate In Tret Case 2: Three Brothers' Estates in Tret Case 3: The Forest Warden in Tret Case 4: The Big Estate in St. Felix Case 5: The Estate in the Woods Case 6: Four Estates in St. Felix Appendix 4. Interethnic Marriages St. Felix: 560 Marriages on Record Tret: 366 Marriages on Record BIBLIOGRAPHY INDEX

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A report outstanding among European ethnographies for its fine description, analytical originality, excellent documentation in the form of case material and quantitative data, and revealing photographs. --John J. Honigmann, American Anthropologist

"""A report outstanding among European ethnographies for its fine description, analytical originality, excellent documentation in the form of case material and quantitative data, and revealing photographs."" --John J. Honigmann, ""American Anthropologist"

Author Information

John W. Cole is Professor of Anthropology at the University of Massachusetts, President of the Northeastern Anthropology Association, and author or editor of four books in addition to The Hidden Frontier. Eric R. Wolf's many books include the influential Europe and the People Without History (California, 1982) and Envisioning Power: Ideologies of Dominance and Crisis (California, 1998).

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