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Author |
: Paul Robert Magocsi |
Publisher |
: Central European University Press |
Total Pages |
: 565 |
Release |
: 2015-11-30 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9786155053467 |
ISBN-13 |
: 6155053464 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (67 Downloads) |
Synopsis With Their Backs to the Mountains by : Paul Robert Magocsi
With Their Backs to the Mountains is the history of a stateless people, the Carpatho-Rusyns, and their historic homeland, Carpathian Rus?, located in the heart of central Europe. ÿA little over 100,000 Carpatho-Rusyns are registered in official censuses but their number could be as high as 1,000,000, the greater part living in Ukraine and Slovakia. The majority of the diaspora?nearly 600,000?lives in the US. At present, when it is fashionable to speak of nationalities as ?imagined communities? created by intellectuals or elites who may or may not live in the historic homeland, Carpatho-Rusyns provide an ideal example of a people made?or some would say still being made?before our very eyes. The book traces the evolution of Carpathian Rus? from earliest prehistoric times to the present, and the complex manner in which a distinct Carpatho-Rusyn people, since the mid-nineteenth century, came into being, disappeared, and then re-appeared in the wake of the revolutions of 1989 and the collapse of Communist rule in central and eastern Europe. To help guide the reader further there are 39 text inserts, 34 detailed maps, plus an annotated discussion of relevant books, chapters, and journal articles. ÿ
Author |
: Guy Carawan |
Publisher |
: University of Georgia Press |
Total Pages |
: 252 |
Release |
: 1996 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9780820318820 |
ISBN-13 |
: 0820318825 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (20 Downloads) |
Synopsis Voices from the Mountains by : Guy Carawan
A rich mosaic of photographs, words, and songs, Voices from the Mountains tells the turbulent story of the Appalachian South in the twentieth century. Focusing on the abuses of the coal industry and the grassroots struggle against mine owners that began in the 1960s, Guy and Candie Carawan have gathered quotations from a variety of sources; words and music to more than fifty ballads and songs, laments and satires, hymns and protests; and more than one hundred and fifty photographs of longtime Appalachian residents, their homes, their countryside, the mines they work in, and the labor battles they have fought. The "voices" that speak out in these pages range from the mountain people themselves to such well-known artists as Jean Ritchie, Hazel Dickens, Harriet Simpson Arnow, and Wendell Berry. Together they tell of the damage wrought by strip mining and the empty promises of land reclamation; the search for work and a new life in the North; the welfare rights, labor, antipoverty, and black lung movements; early days in the mines; disasters and negligence in the coal industry; and protest and change in the coal fields. Dignity and despair, poverty and perseverance, tradition and change--Voices from the Mountains eloquently conveys the complex panorama of modern Appalachian life.
Author |
: Ioann Polianskii |
Publisher |
: Carpathian Institute |
Total Pages |
: 570 |
Release |
: 2012 |
ISBN-10 |
: 1938292006 |
ISBN-13 |
: 9781938292002 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (06 Downloads) |
Synopsis Lemkovyna by : Ioann Polianskii
Original Lemko edition published: Istoriia Lemkovyny / I. F. Lemkyn. 'IUnkers, N.I.: The Lemko Association of USA and Canada, 1969. This translation contains additional new material, mostly contained in appendices.
Author |
: Qiuyu Yu |
Publisher |
: Cn Times Books Incorporated |
Total Pages |
: 0 |
Release |
: 2015 |
ISBN-10 |
: 1627741089 |
ISBN-13 |
: 9781627741088 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (89 Downloads) |
Synopsis The Book of Mountains and Rivers by : Qiuyu Yu
Yu Qiuyu is one of China's greatest modern essayists. Sometimes a prickly commentator, he is above all a storyteller. In this volume he takes his inspiration from China's geography, both human and physical, and brings the culture of his country to life with human characters and historical narrative. The forests of Hainan, the Three Gorges, classical pagodas, ancient remains under modern Shanghai, even the open skies... all have their stories and cultural connections, traced with erudition and wit by an inquisitive mind. "I sought a path across mountains and rivers, plastering my brief life across a rugged corner of this planet," explains Yu Qiuyu. The Book of Rivers and Mountains is another in a series of meditative essays about Chinese culture and history. In this book he returns to the Chinese mainland in contemplation of its people and the natural landscape that has shaped their way of life. He refers to mountains and rivers as the "facial expressions of the land" and the only true way of understanding the history of the country and its people.
Author |
: Cynthia Rylant |
Publisher |
: Penguin |
Total Pages |
: 33 |
Release |
: 1993-01-01 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9780140548754 |
ISBN-13 |
: 0140548750 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (54 Downloads) |
Synopsis When I Was Young in the Mountains by : Cynthia Rylant
Caldecott Honor Book! "An evocative remembrance of the simple pleasures in country living; splashing in the swimming hole, taking baths in the kitchen, sharing family times, each is eloquently portrayed here in both the misty-hued scenes and in the poetic text." -Association for Childhood Education International
Author |
: Paul R. Magocsi |
Publisher |
: |
Total Pages |
: 119 |
Release |
: 2006 |
ISBN-10 |
: 966783896X |
ISBN-13 |
: 9789667838966 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (6X Downloads) |
Synopsis The People from Nowhere by : Paul R. Magocsi
Author |
: Ned Morgan |
Publisher |
: Aster |
Total Pages |
: 0 |
Release |
: 2019-09-24 |
ISBN-10 |
: 1783253223 |
ISBN-13 |
: 9781783253227 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (23 Downloads) |
Synopsis In The Mountains by : Ned Morgan
An exploration of the health and wellbeing benefits of spending time at altitude. Mountains have forever been steeped in poetry, symbolism and mystery, inspiring everyone from the explorers who wish to scale every peak to those who are more interested in the journey or the view. These rooftops of the world encourage determination, resilience, fitness of the body, ingenuity, creativity and awe - all of which are, in their own ways, "good for us". As the world's populations become increasingly urbanised, the need for a healthy relationship with nature is becoming more and more important, both from a psychological wellbeing and physical health point of view. In the Mountains is an awe-inspiring book that takes us on a journey to reveal the health and wellbeing benefits of spending time at altitude, and also teaches how we can be inspired by the research to bring elements of a mountain lifestyle into our everyday, increasingly urbanized, lives.
Author |
: David Guterson |
Publisher |
: A&C Black |
Total Pages |
: 290 |
Release |
: 2012-05-01 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781408834756 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1408834758 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (56 Downloads) |
Synopsis East of the Mountains by : David Guterson
When Dr Ben Givens left his Seattle home he never intended to return. It was to be a journey past snow-covered mountains to a place of canyons, sagelands and orchards, where, on the verges of the Columbia River, Ben had entered the world and would now take his leave of it.
Author |
: Orrin H. Bonney |
Publisher |
: |
Total Pages |
: 550 |
Release |
: 1965 |
ISBN-10 |
: UOM:39015012851435 |
ISBN-13 |
: |
Rating |
: 4/5 (35 Downloads) |
Synopsis Guide to the Wyoming Mountains and Wilderness Areas by : Orrin H. Bonney
Author |
: Donald Edward Davis |
Publisher |
: University of Georgia Press |
Total Pages |
: 353 |
Release |
: 2011-03-15 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9780820340210 |
ISBN-13 |
: 0820340219 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (10 Downloads) |
Synopsis Where There Are Mountains by : Donald Edward Davis
A timely study of change in a complex environment, Where There Are Mountains explores the relationship between human inhabitants of the southern Appalachians and their environment. Incorporating a wide variety of disciplines in the natural and social sciences, the study draws information from several viewpoints and spans more than four hundred years of geological, ecological, anthropological, and historical development in the Appalachian region. The book begins with a description of the indigenous Mississippian culture in 1500 and ends with the destructive effects of industrial logging and dam building during the first three decades of the twentieth century. Donald Edward Davis discusses the degradation of the southern Appalachians on a number of levels, from the general effects of settlement and industry to the extinction of the American chestnut due to blight and logging in the early 1900s. This portrait of environmental destruction is echoed by the human struggle to survive in one of our nation's poorest areas. The farming, livestock raising, dam building, and pearl and logging industries that have gradually destroyed this region have also been the livelihood of the Appalachian people. The author explores the sometimes conflicting needs of humans and nature in the mountains while presenting impressive and comprehensive research on the increasingly threatened environment of the southern Appalachians.