American Geographical Society Effects of Boundary Changes in the South Tyrol Author(s): Guido G. Weigend Source: Geographical Review, Vol. 40, No. 3 (Jul., 1950), pp. 364-375 Published by: American Geographical Society Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/211215 . Accessed: 26/04/2013 05:45 Your use of the JSTOR archive indicates your acceptance of the Terms & Conditions of Use, available at . http://www.jstor.org/page/info/about/policies/terms.jsp . JSTOR is a not-for-profit service that helps scholars, researchers, and students discover, use, and build upon a wide range of content in a trusted digital archive. We use information technology and tools to increase productivity and facilitate new forms of scholarship. For more information about JSTOR, please contact
[email protected]. American Geographical Society is collaborating with JSTOR to digitize, preserve and extend access to Geographical Review. http://www.jstor.org This content downloaded from 80.243.100.172 on Fri, 26 Apr 2013 05:45:17 AM All use subject to JSTOR Terms and Conditions EFFECTS OF BOUNDARY CHANGES IN THE SOUTH TYROL GUIDO G. WEIGEND I N THE thirty years since the boundaryshift of I919 the South Tyrol, has undergone certain basic changes in its economic, political, and social structure which illustrate the thesis that a boundary can produce im- portant and lasting effects on an area passing into new hands.2 In I946, at the conference of foreign ministers in Paris, Austrian hopes for recovery of the South Tyrol were disappointed, and the Austro-Italian agreement of September, I946, which was written into the Treaty of Peace with Italy of I947, left the boundary unchanged.