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National Union Catalog
Includes entries for maps and atlases.
The Conservation Movement: A History of Architectural Preservation
Winner of the 2016 Antoinette Forrester Downing Award presented by the Society of Architectural Historians. In many cities across the world, particularly in Europe, old buildings form a prominent part of the built environment, and we often take it for granted that their contribution is intrinsically positive. How has that widely-shared belief come about, and is its continued general acceptance inevitable? Certainly, ancient structures have long been treated with care and reverence in many societies, including classical Rome and Greece. But only in modern Europe and America, in the last two centuries, has this care been elaborated and energised into a forceful, dynamic ideology: a ‘Conserva...
The Polish-Lithuanian State, 1386-1795
For four centuries, the Polish�Lithuanian state encompassed a major geographic region comparable to present-day Poland, Lithuania, Belarus, Ukraine, Russia, Latvia, Estonia, and Romania. Governed by a constitutional monarchy that offered the numerous nobility extensive civil and political rights, it enjoyed unusual domestic tranquility, for its military strength kept most enemies at bay until the mid-seventeenth century and the country generally avoided civil wars. Selling grain and timber to western Europe helped make it exceptionally wealthy for much of the period. The Polish�Lithuanian State, 1386�1795 is the first account in English devoted specifically to this important era. It ta...
An Events Industry Takes Shape
This timely book critically evaluates the factors which shape an events industry as it develops, with the aim of helping to narrow the disparate behaviours and practices of organisers within the global marketplace of international events. Stemming from an innovative qualitative research project, which included interviews with senior events organisers at landmark venues in both the UK and Poland, this volume provides an insight into both the emerging events industry in Poland and the developed events industry in the UK, highlighting cross-cultural risk and safety gaps that may impact organisers, clients, attendees, suppliers, and workers. The book highlights the importance of a unanimous glob...
The Polish Biographical Dictionary
Profiles nearly 900 prominent Poles in all walks of life, beginning with Mieszko I, who in 963 united six tribes to form the nation of Poland, and continuing up to the country's present. Ten saints and 11 Nobel Prize winners are among the subjects, as are the inventor of the automobile windshield wi
Insight Guides Pocket Poland (Travel Guide eBook)
Perfect day itineraries and top travel tips in a pocket-sized package. Plan your trip, plan perfect days and discover how to get around - this pocket-sized guide is a convenient, quick-reference companion to discovering fun and interesting things to do and see in Poland, from top tourist attractions like Kraków, Mabork Castle, Kazimierz and Wieliczka salt mine, to hidden gems, including Zamosc. Compact, concise and packed with essential information about Where to Go and What to Do, this is an ideal on-the-move pocket travel guide when you're exploring Poland. - Cultural: delve into the country's rich heritage and get to know its modern-day life and people - Inspirational: discover where to ...
Frommer's? Eastern Europe
Travel to Eastern Europe is booming-international arrivals to Eastern Europe have increased by an average of 3.9 percent each year since 2004 Destinations covered in this guide are Bulgaria, the Czech Republic, Croatia, Hungary, Poland, Romania, Moscow & St. Petersburg, Slovakia, Slovenia,and Kaliningrad According to a May 2006 Euromonitor article, Poland has the most visitors (15 million in 2005), with Hungary close behind The fastest growing destination in Europe is Bulgaria; inbound tourists increased 17 percent between 2004 and 2005 Low cost airlines continue to add more routes to and within Eastern Europe
Visual Cultures of Death in Central Europe
In Visual Cultures of Death in Central Europe, Aleksandra Koutny-Jones explores the emergence of a remarkable cultural preoccupation with death in Poland-Lithuania (1569-1795). Examining why such interests resonated so strongly in the Baroque art of this Commonwealth, she argues that the printing revolution, the impact of the Counter-Reformation, and multiple afflictions suffered by Poland-Lithuania all contributed to a deep cultural concern with mortality. Introducing readers to a range of art, architecture and material culture, this study considers various visual evocations of death including 'Dance of Death' imagery, funerary decorations, coffin portraiture, tomb chapels and religious landscapes. These, Koutny-Jones argues, engaged with wider European cultures of contemplation and commemoration, while also being critically adapted to the specific context of Poland-Lithuania.
The Rough Guide to Poland
Up-to-the-minute accounts of all the sights from the fast-changing cities of Warsaw and Krakow to the laid back lakeside resort of Mazuria. Critical reviews of restaurants, bars and accommodation in every price range. Extensive coverage of the countryside from Slow'inski National Park's sand dunes to the alpine Tatra mountains, with practical advice on how to explore them.
