Overview
- Provides a rounded view of Alpine historical geography, the first written in English
- Makes use of a great deal of fresh archival material
- Offers a consistent integrated viewpoint on active topics of debate
Part of the book series: Historical Geography and Geosciences (HIGEGE)
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About this book
The book appeals to geographers, historians, environmental scientists and everyone interested in traditional farming communities and their long-term challenges.
Authors and Affiliations
About the author
Robert A. Dodgshon is an emeritus professor of Aberystwyth University. He was formerly Gregynog Professor of Geography and Director of the Institute of Geography and Earth Sciences at Aberystwyth. He has written extensively on historical geography. His previous work includes books on geographical change, Europe and on farming communities in the Scottish Highlands and Islands during the medieval and early modern period. He has long had a particular interest in the livelihoods and strategies by which mountain communities generally ensured stability. As well as being a Founding Fellow of the Learned Society of Wales, he is also a Fellow of the British Academy.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Farming Communities in the Western Alps, 1500–1914
Book Subtitle: The Enduring Bond
Authors: Robert Dodgshon
Series Title: Historical Geography and Geosciences
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-16361-7
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Earth and Environmental Science, Earth and Environmental Science (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2019
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-030-16360-0Published: 10 June 2019
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-16363-1Published: 15 August 2020
eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-16361-7Published: 24 May 2019
Series ISSN: 2520-1379
Series E-ISSN: 2520-1387
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XVII, 168
Number of Illustrations: 53 b/w illustrations, 18 illustrations in colour
Topics: Historical Geography, Social History, Economic History, Human Geography, Environmental Geography, Agriculture