Farming Communities in the Western Alps, 1500–1914 The Enduring Bond /
This monograph explores traditional farming communities in French-speaking areas of the western Alps for the period 1500-1914 and how they endured in such an environment despite the many problems and risks which it posed for their subsistence and welfare. Using an extensive amount of archival materi...
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| Language: | English |
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Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer,
2019.
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| Edition: | 1st ed. 2019. |
| Series: | Historical Geography and Geosciences,
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| Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-16361-7 |
Table of Contents:
- Introduction: Traditional Alpine Communities and the Challenge of Long-term Sustainability
- The Landholding Foundations of Alpine Farming
- Face to the Sun: the Exploitation of Arable
- The Ties that Bind: Livestock Farming in the Western Alps 1500-1914
- The Alpine Commons: Resource, Regulation and Exploitation 1500-1914
- The Alpage of the Western Alps
- Coping with Risk 1500-1914
- Epilogue.