General Information

Author/Creator

Dabrowski, Patrice M., 1960- author.

Language

English.

Published

Ithaca ; London : Northern Illinois University Press, an imprint of Cornell University Press, 2021.

Physical Description

xvi, 270 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

Contents/Summary

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" --

Subjects

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.

Bibliographic Information

Responsibility

Patrice M. Dabrowski.

Series

NIU Series in Slavic, East European, and Eurasian studies

Content

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.

ISBN

9781501759673

Holdings

Item Type	Current Location	Collection	Call Number	Volume Info	Shelving Location	Public Note
Book	OSA Archivum Library	Reference collection	947.7/908 DAB		Reference	-

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