The Hidden Frontier Ecology and Ethnicity in an Alpine Valley [Paperback]

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 books innovative approach to ethnography, ecology, culture, and politics. The authors investigated two Alpine villagesthe German-speaking community of St. Felix and Romance-speaking Tretonly a mile apart in the same mountain valley.

John W. Coleis Professor of Anthropology at the University of Massachusetts, President of the Northeastern Anthropology Association, and author or editor of four books in addition to The Hidden Frontier.Eric R. Wolf's many books include the influentialEurope and the People Without History(California, 1982) andEnvisioning Power: Ideologies of Dominance and Crisis(California, 1998).