The Carpathians : discovering the highlands of Poland and Ukraine / Patrice M. Dabrowski.
The Carpathians : discovering the highlands of Poland and Ukraine / Patrice M. Dabrowski.
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Ithaca, New York : Northern Illinois University Press, an imprint of Cornell University Press, 2021.
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G 2021/2136
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English
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Physical content
xvi, 270 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm.
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text
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unmediated
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volume
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...
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Publisher
Ithaca, New York : Northern Illinois University Press, an imprint of Cornell University Press, 2021.
Place of Publication
New York (State)
Date Published
2021.
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"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 cen...
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The Carpathians : discovering the highlands of Poland and Ukraine / Patrice M. Dabrowski.
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NIU Series in Slavic, East European, and Eurasian studies
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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G 2021/2136
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74VKaL3QmM3l
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ISBN
1501759671
9781501759673
DDC
947.7908
MMS ID
991024428448902626