04429nam 2200673 a 450 991046276900332120200520144314.01-935978-13-6(CKB)2670000000346916(EBL)3416987(SSID)ssj0000686539(PQKBManifestationID)11451110(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000686539(PQKBWorkID)10734588(PQKB)10933118(MiAaPQ)EBC3416987(OCoLC)797855779(MdBmJHUP)muse5413(Au-PeEL)EBL3416987(CaPaEBR)ebr10561047(CaONFJC)MIL797842(OCoLC)923514368(EXLCZ)99267000000034691620090130d2009 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrHistory of the Alps, 1500-1900[electronic resource] environment, development, and society /Jon Mathieu ; translated by Matthew Vester1st English ed.Morgantown, W. Va. West Virginia University Press20091 online resource (284 p.)Originally published as Geschichte der Alpen, 1500-1900. German ed., 1998.1-933202-41-6 1-933202-34-3 Includes bibliographical references and index.""Front Cover""; ""Contents""; ""Preface""; ""The Alps: A Historical Space?""; ""Key questions and the state of the research""; ""The political construction of territory""; ""Endnotes""; ""Population""; ""Data and collection methods""; ""Comparing long-term trends""; ""Endnotes""; ""Agriculture and Alpiculture""; ""The intensity differential in the Alps""; ""Cropping frequency and yields""; ""The intensification of animal husbandry . . .""; "". . . and of plant cultivation""; ""Technology""; ""Endnotes""; ""Cities""; ""Statistics in the early modern era""; ""Acceleration of growth""""The slowing of urban growth""""The nineteenth century""; ""Endnotes""; ""Environment and Development""; ""An intermediate assessment: differentiated growth""; ""Relations between the Alps and surrounding areas""; ""History and ecological models""; ""Endnotes""; ""Image Gallery""; ""The location of the Alps""; """"An Italian mountain""""; ""Map of Italy""; ""Maize plant""; ""Homage rendered to Emperor Leopold I in Klagenfurt""; ""Grenoble and its surroundings""; ""The Savoyard cadastre""; ""Law concerning feudal rights""; ""Hay harvesting below the castle of Hochosterwitz""""Politics as a factor of differentiation""""Rural societies""; ""Endnotes""; ""History of the Alps from 1500 to 1900""; ""A summary""; ""Arguments and outlook""; ""Appendices""; ""Bibliography""; ""Official statistical sources""; ""A-Statistics � Austria""; ""CH-Statistics � Switzerland""; ""F-Statistics � France""; ""FL-Statistics � Principality of Liechtenstein""; ""I-Statistics � Italy""; ""Selected literature""; ""Index""; ""Maps""; ""Map 1.1: Physical relief of the Alps""; ""Map 1.2: Political divisions in the Alps, before 1790 and in 1900""""Map 2.1: Regions whose surface area is 75�100% Alpine""""Map 3.1: Forms of agriculture in the Alps, ca. 1900, according to de Martonne""; ""Map 4.1: Cities with 5000 or more inhabitants, in the Alps and surrounding areas, 1500""; ""Map 4.2: Cities with 5000 or more inhabitants, in the Alps and surrounding areas, 1800""; ""Map 4.3: The area surrounding Innsbruck, 1928""; ""Map 6.1: Medium and large farms in Alpine regions and districts, 1900""; ""Map 6.2: Agricultural servants in Alpine regions and districts, 1900""; ""Map 6.3: Illegitimacy rates in Alpine regions and districts, 1900""""Map 7.1: The duchy of Savoy in the late eighteenth century""Economic developmentAlpsHistoryAlpsHistoryAlpsEconomic conditionsAlpsEnvironmental conditionsAlpsPopulationElectronic books.Economic developmentHistory.949.4/7Mathieu Jon876949Vester Matthew980522MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910462769003321History of the Alps, 1500-19002237294UNINA