The Hard People - Rivalry, Sympathy and Social Structure in an Alpine Valley - Hardback - 1999

Examines the sociological problem of the reconciliation of individual self-interest and social solidarity through the eyes of villagers in the east Italian Alps. This text traces the effects of recent exogenous technological and institutional changes and the way local people have responded.
Year of publication: 1999
Pagination: 254 pages, black & white illustrations
Format: Hardback
Serie: Studies in Anthropology and History