Third Dimension

Jon Mathieu is professor of history at the University of Lucerne and at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Zurich. He was the founding director of the Instituto di Storia delle Alpi at the Universita della Svizzera italiana and has organized several international conferences about the history of mountains. In 2008 he received the King Albert I Mountain Award for his research.

• Foreword 1. THE GLOBALISATION OF PERCEPTION 1992: A Constitution for the Mountains 1492: Expansion and Change in Perception Alexander von Humboldt Scientific Departure The Politicisation of the Environment 2. POPULATION AND URBANISATION Upland Demography Asynchrony of Settlement Urbanisation Two Theories 3. AGRICULTURE, FAMILY, MOBILITY Agriculture Animal Husbandry Family and Mobility 4. CULTURAL DIVERSITY AND MODERNITY Western Modernisation The Spiritual Empowerment of the Landscape North-South Conflict Community 5. RESULTS AND OUTLOOK

'Mathieu's book sharpens the view of differences and changes - even in the mountains that look so immovable.' Caroline Schnyder on the German edition, in Neue Zurcher Zeitung, 6 April 2011