Title:
Poland in the modern world : beyond martyrdom / Brian Porter-Szűcs.
Author:
Porter, Brian (Brian A.), author.
Publication Information:
Chichester : Wiley-Blackwell, 2014.
Call Number:
DK4140 .P67 2014
Abstract:
This book 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 context0Challenges 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.0Explores both the regional diversity within Poland and the country's place within Europe and the wider world.0Provides 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.
ISBN:
9781444332186
9781444332193
Series:
A new history of modern Europe
New history of modern Europe.
Physical Description:
viii, 379 pages : illustrations, maps ; 23 cm.
Contents:
Poles without Poland, 1795 -- 1918 -- The Political Landscape at the Start of the 20th Century -- Nation and/or Revolution, 1914 -- 22 -- The Ambivalence of Democracy and Authority, 1922 -- 39 -- Hyperinflation and Depression: The Interwar Period -- Jews, Ukrainians, and Other Poles in the Interwar Period -- World War II, 1939 -- 45 -- Conquest or Revolution? 1945 -- 56 -- The Year 1956 and the Rise of National Communism -- Communism and Consumerism -- The End of the PRL, 1976 -- 89 -- Shock Therapy -- Politics in the Third Republic.
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