1st Edition
The Rivers of Habsburg Galicia Between Flow and Control
Introduction
Section I Rivers
1. Krzysztof Ostafin, RIVERS OF GALICIA: A PHYSICAL-GEOGRAPHICAL CHARACTERIZATION
2. Tomasz Kargol, CITY AND TOWN – RIVER – BORDERLAND: CITIES AND TOWNS ON THE VISTULA AND SAN RIVERS IN GALICIA IN THE 19TH CENTURY
3. Mateusz Mataniak, WATER LAW IN GALICIA DURING THE TIME OF AUTONOMY (1867–1914)
4. Adam Świątek, THE DNIESTER IN POLISH WRITING AND ART IN THE ERA OF PARTITIONS
Section II Flow
5. Paweł Franczak, Jarosław Działek, THE HYDROLOGICAL HISTORY OF FLOODS IN GALICIA (1772–1918)
6. Michał Baczkowski, THE RECONSTRUCTION OF KRAKOW’S URBAN INFRASTRUCTURE (1813–1815) AFTER THE FLOOD OF 1813
7. Krzysztof Ślusarek, SOCIAL IMPACTS OF THE 1844–1845 FLOODS IN WESTERN GALICIA
Section III Control
8. Łukasz Jewuła, CONSTRUCTION OF FLOOD EMBANKMENTS AND REGULATION OF RIVERS IN GALICIA IN THE SECOND HALF OF THE 19TH CENTURY AND THE BEGINNING OF THE 20TH CENTURY USING SELECTED EXAMPLES
9. Karol Witkowski, Paweł Franczak, HYDROTECHNICAL ROAD TO PROSPERITY: ORIGINS OF DIRECT HUMAN IMPACT IN THE VALLEYS OF GALICIAN RIVERS
10. Łukasz Borek, REGULATION OF WATERCOURSES AND DRYING OF MARSHES IN GALICIA AS ILLUSTRATED BY THE EXAMPLE OF THE VISTULA LOWLAND: A CASE STUDY FOR THE BREŃ RIVER AND ITS CATCHMENT AREA
Section IV Economy
11. Tomasz Kargol, RIVERS IN GALICIA’S ECONOMIC MODERNISATION PROGRAMME IN THE 19TH CENTURY
12. Paweł Franczak, RECONSTRUCTION OF THE DISTRIBUTION OF WATER MILLS IN THE SKAWA CATCHMENT AREA IN THE PERIOD FROM THE 1780S TO THE BEGINNING OF THE 21ST CENTURY
13. Tomasz Kargol, RIVER TRANSPORT AND RAFTING IN GALICIA IN THE 19TH CENTURY
14. Kamil Ruszała, “TURN THE STAGNANT SWAMPS INTO CANALS”: UNFULFILLED MODERNISATION AMBITIONS FOR THE INLAND WATERWAY NETWORK IN HABSBURG GALICIA
Summary: the rivers of former Galicia today
Geographical index
Personal Index
Biography
Tomasz Kargol is a Professor in the Department of Polish Modern History at Jagiellonian University, Krakow, Poland.
