INTRODUCTION

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. PREFACE vii
3. CONTENTS xi
4. ILLUSTRATIONS xiii
5. INTRODUCTION 3
6. BIBLIOGRAPHICAL NOTES 8
7. CHAPTER I. MOUNTAIN TEMPERATURES 9
8. CHAPTER II. HUMIDITY AND PRECIPITATION 36
9. CHAPTER III. WINDS , CLOUDS , AND SUN 63
10. CHAPTER IV. VEGETATION ZONES AND THE HEIGHT LIMITS OF FIELDS 79
11. CHAPTER VI. ALP PASTURES AND ALP ECONOMY 125
12. CHAPTER VII. LAND UTILIZATION AND ECONOMICS 152
13. CHAPTER VIII. MOUNTAIN POPULATIONS AND THEIR DISTRIBUTION 174
14. CHAPTER IX. MATTERS POLITICAL 203
15. CHAPTER Χ. THE CHARACTER OF MOUNTAIN LIFE 221
16. APPENDICES
17. APPENDIX A. THE METRIC SYSTEM 243
18. APPENDIX Β. BIBLIOGRAPHICAL NOTES ON THE GEOMORPHOLOGY OF MOUNTAINS 245
19. INDEX 251