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For a book of this nature, few introductory comments can rival the words of the pioneering geographer of mountainous regions, R. Peattie, who in 1936 wrote:
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Ludomir Lozny would like to thank Andrzej Boguszewski for his help in the initial stage of preparation of this book. The able editors of Springer, Ms Teresa Krauss and Ms Morgan Ryan, were instrumental in seeing the project to its completion.
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Bates, D.G., Lozny, L.R. (2013). Introduction. In: Lozny, L. (eds) Continuity and Change in Cultural Adaptation to Mountain Environments. Studies in Human Ecology and Adaptation, vol 7. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-5702-2_1
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