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

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Dabrowski, Patrice M., 1960- author.

Series:

Cornell scholarship online.

Cornell scholarship online

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Carpathian Mountains--History--19th century.

Carpathian Mountains.

Carpathian Mountains--History--20th century.

Tatra Mountains (Slovakia and Poland)--History--19th century.

Tatra Mountains (Slovakia and Poland).

Tatra Mountains (Slovakia and Poland)--History--20th century.

Beshchady Mountains (Poland and Ukraine)--History--19th century.

Beshchady Mountains (Poland and Ukraine).

Beshchady Mountains (Poland and Ukraine)--History--20th century.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (289 pages)

Place of Publication:

Ithaca : Cornell University Press, 2022.

Summary:

In 'The Carpathians', Patrice M. Dabrowski narrates how three highland ranges of the mountain system found in present-day Poland, Slovakia, and Ukraine were discovered for a broader regional public. This is a story of how the Tatras, Eastern Carpathians, and Bieszczady Mountains went from being terra incognita to becoming the popular tourist destinations they are today.

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 Soul of the Bieszczady

Power, Ecology, and the Public Sphere.

Notes:

Previously issued in print: DeKalb: NIU Press, 2021.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (viewed on May 2, 2022).

ISBN:

9781501759680

150175968X

OCLC:

1233022978