Chapter 1: Prupusiziùn: The Opening Argument
Chapter 2: Föiaröla, Pizzöl, e Cambrìn: Parasites and
Quasi-objects
Chapter 3: Fùndech e Alpisèl: The Terraces and Space
Chapter 4: Al Témp del’Üga: The Terraces and Time
Chapter 5: Disùrdan: The Terraces and Nature
Chapter 6: Livèl: The Terraces and Tenure
Chapter 7: Folsc, Furscèl, e Rampilìn: The Terraces and Product
Chapter 8: Risc dal Coc: The Terraces and Form
Chapter 9: Cunclüsiùn: A More Complex Landscape
Thomas J. Puleo is an assistant professor in the School of Politics and Global Studies at Arizona State University.
The ‘heroic’ Valtellina of extreme northern Italy where Teuton and
Latin, Protestant and Catholic, wood and stone meet and divide is
brought alive in this scintillating story of how a proposed World
Heritage landscape famous for its terraced agriculture is best
understood as serving purposes well beyond those of the local
agricultural production typically emphasized.
*John Agnew, UCLA; author of Place and Politics in Modern
Italy*
In this innovative study of cultural preservation in the Valtellina
region of modern Italy, Thomas Puleo demonstrates the persistent
appeal and creative adaptability of the geographer’s regional
approach. Puleo’s regional narrative of cultural and environmental
adaptation in the Valtellina effectively blends the powerful
synthesizing quality of the regional concept with Michel Serres’
intriguing and sometimes enigmatic philosophy of the natural
contract. The result is a provocative and highly readable story of
the complex interpretative process involved in reconciling local
and global narratives about the meaning and value of Valtellina’s
famed terraced landscapes.
*J. Nicholas Entrikin, University of Notre Dame*
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