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The Hard People

Rivalry, Sympathy and Social Structure in an Alpine Valley

By Patrick Heady

Published April 23rd 1999 by Routledge – 254 pages

Series: Studies in Anthropology and History

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Heady draws on both participant observation and interviews with older informants to trace the effects of recent exogenous technological and institutional changes, and the way local people have responded to them. His findings relate to such themes of recent history as nationalism, regionalism and anti-clericalism; and contribute to the theoretical debate on the relevance of structuralist anthropology to European societies.

Name: The Hard People: Rivalry, Sympathy and Social Structure in an Alpine Valley (Hardback) – Routledge 
Description: By Patrick Heady. Heady draws on both participant observation and interviews with older informants to trace the effects of recent exogenous technological and institutional changes, and the way local people have responded to them. His findings relate to such themes of...
Categories: Anthropology - Soc Sci, Ethnography & Methodology, European Cultural Studies