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The Carpathians : discovering the highlands of Poland and Ukraine / Patrice M. Dabrowski.

The Carpathians : discovering the highlands of Poland a...

The Carpathians : discovering the highlands of Poland and Ukraine / Patrice M. Dabrowski.

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The Carpathians : discovering the highlands of Poland and Ukraine / Patrice M. Dabrowski.

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Full title

The Carpathians : discovering the highlands of Poland and Ukraine / Patrice M. Dabrowski.

Publisher

Ithaca, New York : Northern Illinois University Press, an imprint of Cornell University Press, 2021.

Call Numbers

G 2021/2136

Record Identifier

74VKaL3QmM3l

MMS ID

991024428448902626

Language

English

Formats

Physical Description

Physical content

xvi, 270 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm.

Content type

text

Media type

unmediated

Carrier type

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...

Publication information

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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Scope and Contents

Summary

"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...

Alternative Titles

Full title

The Carpathians : discovering the highlands of Poland and Ukraine / Patrice M. Dabrowski.

Authors, Artists and Contributors
Notes

General note

NIU Series in Slavic, East European, and Eurasian studies

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contextual Information

Date Copyright

©2021

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Primary Identifiers

Call Numbers

G 2021/2136

Record Identifier

74VKaL3QmM3l

Permalink

https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VKaL3QmM3l

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ISBN

1501759671

9781501759673

DDC

947.7908

MMS ID

991024428448902626

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