Oeconomia Alpium. II Oeconomia Alpium II: Economic History of the Alps in Preindustrial Times: Methods and Perspectives of Research

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This is the second volume of conference proceedings for the handbook of the economic history of the Alpine region in the preindustrial era, which finally provides an extensive cross-regional synopsis of the history of the Alpine economy. Like Braudel’s classic on the Mediterranean region, renowned scholars examine the region and its people, the everyday lives of Alpine inhabitants, and commerce, migration, and communication in three volumes. Preface Contents The Impact of Natural Disasters on Economic Life in the Eastern Alps. The Case of the Salzach-Inn and Traun River Catchment Areas Natural Disaster Prevention and Management in the Valais Alps from the Middle Ages to the Nineteenth Century Roads, Tolls and the Development of Ecclesiastical Institutions in the Alps (400–900) Medieval Communication Networks in the Central Eastern Alps: Some Trend Lines Across the Passes. Transport Structures and Markets in the Alpine Area of the Pre-Industrial Period Structural Changes in Agriculture and Pastoralism in the Northern European Alps from Savoy to Vorarlberg (from the Eleventh to the Middle of the Sixteenth Century) Churches, Settlements and Resources in the Western Alps (Eleventh to Fifteenth Centuries) Italian Merchants and Traders North of the Alps: Commercial Practices and Social Strategies The Towns in the Alps: A Missed Protagonist Oeconomia Alpium: A Concept Takes Shape