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94:, the individual estate and its land, ideally passed down the generations by impartible inheritance to the eldest son. For their Italian-speaking neighbors, the center of attention is not the land but the community, not just the village center but by extension also the nearby city, and the land tended to be divided equally among heirs. 125:
was indeed clear-cut between the villages, in reality the estates in both communities were kept at the same optimized sizes, showing that while cultural differences persisted for centuries even in close proximity, significantly affecting the political sphere, the necessities of the environmental
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The study followed an earlier report by Wolf (1962) on his study of the two villages. In the earlier study, Wolf argued for the primacy of culture over environmental constraints, in this case reflecting two distinct and deeply rooted cultural heritages, in the case of the German speakers of the
84:) while the Italian-speaking settlement Tret had a clear nucleus. The authors trace the history of the region through the Middle Ages and down to the current inhabitants and their culture. For the German 121:, where rural communities are culturally dominated by the urban centers on the coasts. The 1974 modified these conclusions, as it became apparent that while the division in the cultural 56:
municipality), only a mile apart and showed that in spite of identical ecological conditions, there were significant cultural differences, one village being
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republished with a new introduction by Eric Wolf, 1999, University of California Press,
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In the Shadow of the Tree: Kinship, Property and Inheritance Among Farm Families
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The Bounded Field: Localism and Local Identity in an Italian Alpine Valley
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conditions still dictated the same strategies for either community.
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The Hidden Frontier: Ecology and Ethnicity in an Alpine Valley
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The Hidden Frontier: Ecology and Ethnicity in an Alpine Valley
110: 85: 53: 37: 113:, in the case of the Italian speakers the Mediterranean 242: 237:Vol. 22, No. 1 (Winter, 1975), pp. 90–92. 68:, in effect that between Germanic Europe and 72:along the southern, alpine boundary of 243: 13: 14: 277: 139:, New York: Academic Press, 1974. 225:, Het Spinhuis, Amsterdam 1994. 213: 198: 1: 191: 135:John W. Cole, Eric R. Wolf, 7: 154: 129: 88:, the social center is the 10: 282: 233:John Friedl, review in 36:The authors studied two 251:Ethnographic literature 186:Romano-Germanic culture 166:Ethnic groups of Europe 25:, published in 1974 by 266:1974 non-fiction books 256:Culture of South Tyrol 74:German-speaking Europe 21:is a classic study of 171:Ethnolinguistic group 161:Dispersed settlement 78:dispersed settlement 52:and Tret (part of 261:History of the Alps 176:History of the Alps 117:inherited from the 219:Henk J. de Haan, 66:cultural boundary 40:villages in the 273: 226: 217: 211: 202: 181:History of Tyrol 111:family household 103:migration period 62:Italian-speaking 281: 280: 276: 275: 274: 272: 271: 270: 241: 240: 230: 229: 218: 214: 203: 199: 194: 157: 148:978-0-520216815 132: 58:German-speaking 12: 11: 5: 279: 269: 268: 263: 258: 253: 239: 238: 228: 227: 212: 196: 195: 193: 190: 189: 188: 183: 178: 173: 168: 163: 156: 153: 152: 151: 140: 131: 128: 70:Romance Europe 60:and the other 9: 6: 4: 3: 2: 278: 267: 264: 262: 259: 257: 254: 252: 249: 248: 246: 236: 232: 231: 224: 223: 216: 209: 208: 204:Jaro Stacul, 201: 197: 187: 184: 182: 179: 177: 174: 172: 169: 167: 164: 162: 159: 158: 149: 145: 141: 138: 134: 133: 127: 124: 120: 116: 112: 108: 104: 101: 95: 93: 92: 87: 83: 82:Streusiedlung 79: 75: 71: 67: 63: 59: 55: 51: 47: 43: 39: 34: 32: 28: 24: 20: 19: 235:Ethnohistory 234: 220: 215: 205: 200: 136: 122: 119:Roman Empire 115:civilization 96: 89: 81: 46:Tyrol region 35: 31:Eric R. Wolf 27:John W. Cole 17: 16: 15: 23:ethnography 245:Categories 192:References 105:system of 42:Non Valley 86:Tyroleans 50:St. Felix 155:See also 130:Editions 109:of each 100:Germanic 107:autarky 44:of the 146:  123:ideals 38:Alpine 54:Fondo 144:ISBN 29:and 91:Hof 247:: 48:, 33:. 150:. 80:(

Index

ethnography
John W. Cole
Eric R. Wolf
Alpine
Non Valley
Tyrol region
St. Felix
Fondo
German-speaking
Italian-speaking
cultural boundary
Romance Europe
German-speaking Europe
dispersed settlement
Tyroleans
Hof
Germanic
migration period
autarky
family household
civilization
Roman Empire
ISBN
978-0-520216815
Dispersed settlement
Ethnic groups of Europe
Ethnolinguistic group
History of the Alps
History of Tyrol
Romano-Germanic culture

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