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Tables Table 2.1: Indications of total Alpine population levels, 1500–1900 26 Table 2.2: Population in Alpine regions, 1500–1900 28 Table 2.3: Population growth and density in Alpine regions, 1500–1900 37 Table 2.4: Population growth and density in the Alps and in surrounding areas, 1500–1900 38 Table 3.1: Introduction of corn and potatoes in the Alpine regions, 1500 –1900 67 Table 4.1: Cities with 5000 or more inhabitants, in the Alps and at the foot of the Alps, 1500–1800 89 Table 4.2: Cities and urban population in the Alps according to altitude, 1600–1800 103 Table 4.3: Cities and urban population in the Alps according to size, 1800–1900 105 Table 4.4: Cities and urban population in the Alps according to altitude, 1800–1900 107 Table 7.1: Household and family in Savoy-Piedmont and in the Grisons, 1561–1832 178 Table 7.2: Household and economic status in Carinthia and in the Grisons, 1750–1798 187 Table A.1: Percentages of agricultural workers in Alpine regions, 1870 and 1900 231 Table A.2: Farm sizes in Alpine regions, 1900 232 Table A.3: Agricultural labor force in Alpine regions, 1900 233 Table A.4: Illegitimacy rates in Alpine regions, 1870 and 1900 235 Table A.5: Farm size, agricultural labor force, and illegitimacy rates in Alpine regions of Hapsburg Austria by district, 1870 and 1900 236 Table A.6: Cities with 5000 or more inhabitants in the Alps, 1870 and 1900 238 ...

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