TY  - GEN
T1  - The death of communal liberty : a history of freedom in a Swiss mountain canton
T2  - Princeton legacy library.
A1  - Barber, Benjamin R., 1939-2017
LA  - English
PP  - Princeton, New Jersey
PB  - Princeton University Press
YR  - 1974
UL  - https://ebooks.jgu.edu.in/Record/ebsco_acadsubs_ocn905863107
AB  - Switzerland today is faced with a profound dilemma-its village life is dying, a casualty of the collision between communal norms and the need for national survival in an industrial, urbanizing world. Benjamin Barber traces the origins and evolution of communal liberty in the group of alpine villages that make up modern Canton Graubunden, and recreates their poignant thousand-year struggle to maintain this tradition in the face of a hostile environment, hierarchical feudal institutions, and European power polities. Originally published in 1975. The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest pr.
OP  - 319
CN  - DQ496 .B37 1974eb
SN  - 9781400867172
SN  - 1400867177
SN  - 9780691618081
SN  - 9780691075549
KW  - Graubünden (Switzerland) : History.
KW  - Grisons (Suisse) : Histoire.
KW  - SOCIAL SCIENCE : Sociology : General.
KW  - Switzerland : Graubünden
KW  - History
ER  -