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

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

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Description 1 online resource (xvi, 270 pages) : illustrations, maps Series NIU Series in Slavic, East European, and Eurasian studies NIU series in Slavic, East European, and Eurasian studies. 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 New Alpine Club -- A Poland of Regions -- A Novel Wilderness -- Tourism for the Masses -- Battling for the Soul of the Bieszczady -- Power, Ecology, and the Public Sphere 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 centuries" -- Provided by publisher Analysis Carpathian Mountains, Tatra Mountains of Galicia, Hutsul Region of Galicia and the Second Polish Republic, Bieszczady Mountains of the Polish People's Republic, eastern carpathians, Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes In English Print version record Subject HISTORY / Europe / Poland. Discoveries in geography SUBJECT Carpathian Mountains -- Discovery and exploration Tatra Mountains (Slovakia and Poland) -- Discovery and exploration Beshchady Mountains (Poland and Ukraine) -- Discovery and exploration Carpathian Mountains -- History -- 19th century Carpathian Mountains -- History -- 20th century Tatra Mountains (Slovakia and Poland) -- History -- 19th century Tatra Mountains (Slovakia and Poland) -- History -- 20th century Beshchady Mountains (Poland and Ukraine) -- History -- 19th century Beshchady Mountains (Poland and Ukraine) -- History -- 20th century Subject Europe -- Beshchady Mountains Europe -- Carpathian Mountains Europe -- Tatra Mountains Genre/Form History Form Electronic book LC no. 2020056459 ISBN 9781501759697 1501759698 9781501759680 150175968X

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