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Poland in the Modern World presents a history of the country from the late nineteenth century to the present, incorporating new perspectives from social and cultural history and positioning it in a broad global context
* Challenges traditional accounts Poland that tend to focus on national, political history, emphasizing the country's 'exceptionalism'.
* Presents a lively, multi-dimensional story, balancing coverage of high politics with discussion of social, cultural and economic changes, and their effects on individuals' daily lives.
* Explores both the regional diversity within Poland and the country's place within Europe and the wider world.
* Provides a new interpretive framework for understanding key historical events in Poland's modern history, including the experiences of World War II and the postwar communist era.
* Challenges traditional accounts Poland that tend to focus on national, political history, emphasizing the country's 'exceptionalism'.
* Presents a lively, multi-dimensional story, balancing coverage of high politics with discussion of social, cultural and economic changes, and their effects on individuals' daily lives.
* Explores both the regional diversity within Poland and the country's place within Europe and the wider world.
* Provides a new interpretive framework for understanding key historical events in Poland's modern history, including the experiences of World War II and the postwar communist era.
Poland in the Modern World presents a history of the country from the late nineteenth century to the present, incorporating new perspectives from social and cultural history and positioning it in a broad global context
* Challenges traditional accounts Poland that tend to focus on national, political history, emphasizing the country's 'exceptionalism'.
* Presents a lively, multi-dimensional story, balancing coverage of high politics with discussion of social, cultural and economic changes, and their effects on individuals' daily lives.
* Explores both the regional diversity within Poland and the country's place within Europe and the wider world.
* Provides a new interpretive framework for understanding key historical events in Poland's modern history, including the experiences of World War II and the postwar communist era.
* Challenges traditional accounts Poland that tend to focus on national, political history, emphasizing the country's 'exceptionalism'.
* Presents a lively, multi-dimensional story, balancing coverage of high politics with discussion of social, cultural and economic changes, and their effects on individuals' daily lives.
* Explores both the regional diversity within Poland and the country's place within Europe and the wider world.
* Provides a new interpretive framework for understanding key historical events in Poland's modern history, including the experiences of World War II and the postwar communist era.
Über den Autor
Brian Porter-Szücs is Professor of History at the University of Michigan, where he has taught since 1994. He is the author of Faith and Fatherland: Catholicism, Modernity, and Poland (2011) and When Nationalism Began to Hate: Imagining Modern Politics in Nineteenth-Century Poland (2000). He is also the co-editor, with Bruce Berglund, of Christianity and Modernity in Eastern Europe (2010).
Inhaltsverzeichnis
List of Figures vi
Acknowledgments ix
Pronunciation Guide x
Introduction 1
1 Poles without Poland, 1795-1918 6
2 The Political Landscape at the Start of the 20th Century 43
3 Nation and/or Revolution, 1914-22 65
4 The Ambivalence of Democracy and Authority, 1922-39 90
5 Hyperinflation and Depression: The Interwar Period 105
6 Jews, Ukrainians, and Other Poles in the Interwar Period 126
7 World War II, 1939-45 144
8 Conquest or Revolution? 1945-56 186
9 The Year 1956 and the Rise of National Communism 231
10 Communism and Consumerism 258
11 The End of the PRL, 1976-89 285
12 Shock Therapy 328
13 Politics in the Third Republic 348
Index 367
Acknowledgments ix
Pronunciation Guide x
Introduction 1
1 Poles without Poland, 1795-1918 6
2 The Political Landscape at the Start of the 20th Century 43
3 Nation and/or Revolution, 1914-22 65
4 The Ambivalence of Democracy and Authority, 1922-39 90
5 Hyperinflation and Depression: The Interwar Period 105
6 Jews, Ukrainians, and Other Poles in the Interwar Period 126
7 World War II, 1939-45 144
8 Conquest or Revolution? 1945-56 186
9 The Year 1956 and the Rise of National Communism 231
10 Communism and Consumerism 258
11 The End of the PRL, 1976-89 285
12 Shock Therapy 328
13 Politics in the Third Republic 348
Index 367
Details
Erscheinungsjahr: | 2014 |
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Fachbereich: | Allgemeines |
Genre: | Geschichte |
Rubrik: | Geisteswissenschaften |
Thema: | Lexika |
Medium: | Taschenbuch |
Seiten: | 400 |
Reihe: | A New History of Modern Europe |
Inhalt: | 400 S. |
ISBN-13: | 9781444332193 |
ISBN-10: | 1444332198 |
Sprache: | Englisch |
Einband: | Kartoniert / Broschiert |
Autor: | Porter-Szucs, Brian |
Hersteller: |
John Wiley & Sons
John Wiley and Sons Ltd A New History of Modern Europe |
Abbildungen: | black & white halftones, figures |
Maße: | 229 x 152 x 22 mm |
Von/Mit: | Brian Porter-Szucs |
Erscheinungsdatum: | 28.02.2014 |
Gewicht: | 0,563 kg |
Über den Autor
Brian Porter-Szücs is Professor of History at the University of Michigan, where he has taught since 1994. He is the author of Faith and Fatherland: Catholicism, Modernity, and Poland (2011) and When Nationalism Began to Hate: Imagining Modern Politics in Nineteenth-Century Poland (2000). He is also the co-editor, with Bruce Berglund, of Christianity and Modernity in Eastern Europe (2010).
Inhaltsverzeichnis
List of Figures vi
Acknowledgments ix
Pronunciation Guide x
Introduction 1
1 Poles without Poland, 1795-1918 6
2 The Political Landscape at the Start of the 20th Century 43
3 Nation and/or Revolution, 1914-22 65
4 The Ambivalence of Democracy and Authority, 1922-39 90
5 Hyperinflation and Depression: The Interwar Period 105
6 Jews, Ukrainians, and Other Poles in the Interwar Period 126
7 World War II, 1939-45 144
8 Conquest or Revolution? 1945-56 186
9 The Year 1956 and the Rise of National Communism 231
10 Communism and Consumerism 258
11 The End of the PRL, 1976-89 285
12 Shock Therapy 328
13 Politics in the Third Republic 348
Index 367
Acknowledgments ix
Pronunciation Guide x
Introduction 1
1 Poles without Poland, 1795-1918 6
2 The Political Landscape at the Start of the 20th Century 43
3 Nation and/or Revolution, 1914-22 65
4 The Ambivalence of Democracy and Authority, 1922-39 90
5 Hyperinflation and Depression: The Interwar Period 105
6 Jews, Ukrainians, and Other Poles in the Interwar Period 126
7 World War II, 1939-45 144
8 Conquest or Revolution? 1945-56 186
9 The Year 1956 and the Rise of National Communism 231
10 Communism and Consumerism 258
11 The End of the PRL, 1976-89 285
12 Shock Therapy 328
13 Politics in the Third Republic 348
Index 367
Details
Erscheinungsjahr: | 2014 |
---|---|
Fachbereich: | Allgemeines |
Genre: | Geschichte |
Rubrik: | Geisteswissenschaften |
Thema: | Lexika |
Medium: | Taschenbuch |
Seiten: | 400 |
Reihe: | A New History of Modern Europe |
Inhalt: | 400 S. |
ISBN-13: | 9781444332193 |
ISBN-10: | 1444332198 |
Sprache: | Englisch |
Einband: | Kartoniert / Broschiert |
Autor: | Porter-Szucs, Brian |
Hersteller: |
John Wiley & Sons
John Wiley and Sons Ltd A New History of Modern Europe |
Abbildungen: | black & white halftones, figures |
Maße: | 229 x 152 x 22 mm |
Von/Mit: | Brian Porter-Szucs |
Erscheinungsdatum: | 28.02.2014 |
Gewicht: | 0,563 kg |
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