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Krakow : An Ecobiography.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: Russian and East European StudiesPublisher: PIttsburgh : University of Pittsburgh Press, 2021Copyright date: ©2020Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (233 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9780822987499
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: KrakowDDC classification:
  • 304.20943862
LOC classification:
  • GF13
Online resources:
Contents:
Intro -- Contents -- Introduction. Environmental History and Krakow | Adam Izdebski and Rafal Szmytka -- Chapter 1. The Climate History of Krakow | Konrad Wnęk, Adam Izdebski, and Leszek Kowanetz -- Chapter 2. Krakow and Its Rivers | Andrzej Chwalba, with a contribution by Konrad Wnęk -- Chapter 3. Plants in the Lives of Medieval Cracovians | Aldona Mueller-Bieniek -- Chapter 4. A City Is Not an Island: Early Modern Krakow and Natural Resources | Piotr Miodunka -- Chapter 5. Pollution in Early Modern Krakow | Rafal Szmytka -- Chapter 6. Industrialization: The Environmental End of Old Krakow? | Ewelina Szpak -- Chapter 7. The History of Krakow Smog | Adam Izdebski and Konrad Wnęk -- Chapter 8. The Power of Myth: The Imagined Nature of Krakow | Malgorzata Praczyk -- Notes -- Bibliography -- List of Contributors -- Index.
Summary: The First Environmental History of Krakow, Covering More than a Thousand Years of History.
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Intro -- Contents -- Introduction. Environmental History and Krakow | Adam Izdebski and Rafal Szmytka -- Chapter 1. The Climate History of Krakow | Konrad Wnęk, Adam Izdebski, and Leszek Kowanetz -- Chapter 2. Krakow and Its Rivers | Andrzej Chwalba, with a contribution by Konrad Wnęk -- Chapter 3. Plants in the Lives of Medieval Cracovians | Aldona Mueller-Bieniek -- Chapter 4. A City Is Not an Island: Early Modern Krakow and Natural Resources | Piotr Miodunka -- Chapter 5. Pollution in Early Modern Krakow | Rafal Szmytka -- Chapter 6. Industrialization: The Environmental End of Old Krakow? | Ewelina Szpak -- Chapter 7. The History of Krakow Smog | Adam Izdebski and Konrad Wnęk -- Chapter 8. The Power of Myth: The Imagined Nature of Krakow | Malgorzata Praczyk -- Notes -- Bibliography -- List of Contributors -- Index.

The First Environmental History of Krakow, Covering More than a Thousand Years of History.

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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2024. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.

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