The Hidden Frontier: Ecology and Ethnicity in an Alpine Valley

by John W. Cole, Eric R. Wolf

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.

Genres: Anthropology

372 pages, Paperback

First published December 31, 1974

Reviews

[Angelo Agosti · Rating 3 out of 5]

Ottimo libro, pur essendo stato in parte smentito da Piero Paolo Viazzo in "Comunità alpine".

[Roberto Yoed · Rating 3 out of 5]

Case studies are always a delight but this one tends to prolong itself to ridiculous levels: chapters of the size of one page should go to the appendix section.

Aside from that, good anthropological and historical study.

[Thomas Fleming · Rating 4 out of 5]

Really dry and difficult to work through, but one of the major sources for this book was a relative of mine. It was nice to read up on my direct ancestry!