This book examines the relationship between Ukraine's Galician Hutsuls and the Carpathian landscape between 1848 and 1939. The author analyzes the intersections of ecology and culture in the history of the Carpathian Mountains, with a focus on the region's economy and biodiversity.
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Anthony J. Amatois professor of social science at Southwest Minnesota State University.
Inhalt
Chapter One: The Map and the Territory
Chapter Two: Villages, Frontiers, and Pasts
Chapter Three: Thinking Unlike a Mountain: Environment, Pasts, and Present
Chapter Four: Girdling Dracula's Trees and Sprucing up the Carpathians
Chapter Five: Unintended Alliances
Chapter Six: Missing the Forest for the Trees: Environment and the Servitudes Dispute
Chapter Seven: Environment and Economy
Chapter Eight: Rivers: Black, White, Brown, and Tan
Chapter Nine: Household, Property, and Economy
Chapter Ten: Thick Description of Thin Soils