The hidden frontier : ecology and ethnicity in an Alpine valley

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