Krakow : An Ecobiography /

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"Like most cities, Poland's Krakow developed around and because of its favorable geography. Before Warsaw, Krakow served as Poland's capital for half a millennium. It has functioned as a cultural center, an industrial center, a center of learning, and home for millions of people. Behi...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Authors: Szmytka, Rafał (Author, Editor), Izdebski, Adam (Author, Editor)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Polaco
Published: Pittsburgh : University of Pittsburgh Press, [2020]
Edition:[Revised version].
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Human ecology > Poland > Kraków > History.
Kraków (Poland) > History.
Kraków (Poland) > Environmental conditions.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • 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 Kraków and natural resources / Piotr Miodunka
  • Chapter 5: Pollution in early modern Krakow / Rafał 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 / Małgorzata Praczyk.

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