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.

Sommario

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

Info autore

By Anthony J. Amato

Riassunto

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

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Anthony J. Amato
• Editore: Rowman and Littlefield
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Copertina rigida
• Pubblicazione: 31.12.2020
• EAN: 9781793608352
• ISBN: 978-1-79360-835-2
• Pagine: 484
• Dimensioni: 158 mm x 236 mm x 32 mm
• Serie: Print on Demand
• Categorie: Saggistica; Scienze umane, arte, musica > Storia > Storia dei paesi e delle regioni; 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