Carpathians - Discovering the Highlands of Poland and Ukraine

Informationen zum Autor 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 . Klappentext "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" -- Inhaltsverzeichnis 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

Product details

• Authors: Patrice M Dabrowski, Patrice M. Dabrowski
• Publisher: Cornell University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.10.2021
• EAN: 9781501759673
• ISBN: 978-1-5017-5967-3
• No. of pages: 288
• Series: NIU Series in Slavic, East European, and Eurasian Studies; Niu Slavic, East European, and
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History; Non-fiction book > Nature, technology > Nature: general, reference works