The Carpathians, the Hutsuls, and Ukraine - An Environmental History

This book examines ecology and culture in the Carpathian Mountains, with a focus on Ukraine's Galician Hutsul region from 1848 to 1939.

List of contents

Chapter One: The Map and the Territory
Chapter Two: Villages, Frontiers, and Pasts
Chapter Three: Thinking Unlike a Mountain: Environment, Pasts, and Presents
Chapter Four: Girdling Dracula's Trees and Sprucing up the Carpathians
Chapter Five: Unintended Alliances
Chapter Six: Missing the Forest for the Trees: Environment and the Servitudes Dispute
Chapter Seven: Environment and Economy
Chapter Eight: Rivers: Black, White, Brown, and Tan
Chapter Nine: Household, Property, and Economy
Chapter Ten: Thick Description of Thin Soils

About the author

By Anthony J. Amato

Summary

This book examines ecology and culture in the Carpathian Mountains, with a focus on Ukraine’s Galician Hutsul region from 1848 to 1939.

Product details

• Authors: Anthony J. Amato
• Publisher: Rowman and Littlefield
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.12.2020
• EAN: 9781793608352
• ISBN: 978-1-79360-835-2
• No. of pages: 484
• Dimensions: 158 mm x 236 mm x 32 mm
• Series: Print on demand
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; Non-fiction book; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Human Geography, Russia, HISTORY / Historical Geography, Human Geography, History of specific lands, Former Soviet Union, USSR (Europe), USSR, Soviet Union, Historical Geography, History of other lands, HISTORY / Russia / General