Eastern Territories Yearbook [1939].

Warsaw 1939. published by the Board of Directors of the Society for the Development of Eastern Lands. 17x24 cm, pp. (12), 255, (25), two color fold-out administrative maps of the Eastern Lands on pastedowns, black and white photographs in the text, advertisements, soft cover. Very good condition.

Edited by Edward Rühle.

In contents: Eastern Lands in figures and cartograms (Edward Rühle). Anthropological structure of the Eastern Lands (Jan Mydlarski). Polish population in Volhynia (Alfons Krysinski). German and Czech colonies in Volhynia (Zofia Cichocka-Petrażycka). Jewish population in the Eastern Territories (Remigiusz Bierzanek). Armenians in southeastern Poland (Jozef Haliczer). Peatlands and peat bogs of northeastern Poland (Irena Dąbkowska). Volhynia in the agricultural economy of Poland (Ignacy Dziadosz). Thepresent and economic future of Volhynia (Stanislaw Boryssowicz). Roads and economic role of the International Eastern Fair in Lviv (Jozef Kanarowski). Fur fairs and auctions in Vilna (Mikolaj Szyszkowski). The role of the Pripyat River in the network of Poland's eastern inland waterways (Stefan Ihnatowicz). Electrification, waterpower, and economic development in Vilnius (Henryk Jensz). Upper Silesia and the Eastern Territories (Waclaw Olszewicz). On the sources of financing of investments in the Eastern Territories (Jan Czadankiewicz). On the need for intellectual investment in the Northeastern Territories (Janusz Jagmin). Wolczyn - past and present (Wincenty Arciszewski). Nature protection in the Eastern Territories (Jozef Kostyrko). Summer action in the Lviv province and its economic significance (Karol Woyciechowski).