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The Carpathians : Discovering the Highlands of Poland and Ukraine
Title
The Carpathians : Discovering the Highlands of Poland and Ukraine / Patrice M. Dabrowski.
ISBN
9781501759697
9781501759673
9781501759680
Publication
Ithaca, [New York] : Northern Illinois University Press, an imprint of Cornell University Press, 2021.
Manufacture
Baltimore, Md. : Project MUSE, 2021
Copyright Notice Date
©2021.
Physical Description
1 online resource (288 pages).
Local Notes
Access is available to the Yale community.
Notes
Description based on print version record.
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Access restricted by licensing agreement.
Summary
"A study of how three discrete mountain ranges within the Carpathian Mountain system -- the Tatras, Eastern Carpathians, and Bieszczady Mountains, together with their indigenous highlanders (Górale, Hutsuls, Boikos, and Lemkos)--were discovered and turned into popular tourist destinations by Poles and Ukrainians in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries" -- Provided by publisher.
Variant and related titles
Project MUSE complete collection 2021.
Other formats
Print version: Dabrowski, Patrice M., 1960- The Carpathians Ithaca, [New York] : Northern Illinois University Press, an imprint of Cornell University Press, 2021.
Format
Books / Online
Language
English
Added to Catalog
July 17, 2023
Series
NIU Series in Slavic, East European, and Eurasian studies
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
Where Freedom Awaits
On the Mountain Pass
Transforming the Tatras
Turn-of-the Century Innovations
The Hutsul Region and the Hand of Civilization
The Advent of the Railway
A Novel Alpine Club
A Poland of Regions
A Novel Wilderness
Tourism for the Masses
Battling for the Soul of the Bieszczady
Power, Ecology, and the Public Sphere.
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