Patrice M. Dabrowski

Carpathians

Discovering the Highlands of Poland and Ukraine

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

"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 (Gâorale, Hutsuls, Boikos, and Lemkos)--were discovered and turned into popular tourist destinations by Poles and Ukrainians in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries" --

Produktdetails

• NIU Series in Slavic, East European, and Eurasian Studies
• Verlag: Cornell University Press
• Seitenzahl: 288
• Erscheinungstermin: 15. Oktober 2021
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 231mm x 155mm x 28mm
• Gewicht: 612g
• ISBN-13: 9781501759673
• ISBN-10: 1501759671
• Artikelnr.: 61213834

Autorenporträt

Patrice M. Dabrowski was awarded the Knight's Cross of the Order of Merit of the Republic of Poland in 2014. She is author of Poland.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction
Part I: The Tatra Mountains of Galicia
1. Where Freedom Awaits
2. On the Mountain Pass
3. Transforming the Tatras
4. Turn-of-the-Century Innovations
Part II: The Eastern Carpathians of Galicia and the Second Polish Republic
5. The Hutsul Region and the Hand of Civilization
6. The Advent of the Railway
7. A New Alpine Club
8. A Poland of Regions
Part III: The Bieszczady Mountains of the Polish People's Republic
9. A Novel Wilderness
10. Tourism for the Masses
11. Battling for the Soul of the Bieszczady
12. Power, Ecology, and the Public Sphere
Conclusion