Poland in the Modern World - Beyond Martyrdom

Informationen zum 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). Klappentext 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. Zusammenfassung In this lively overview of Poland's modern history, Brian Porter-Szucs sets the country in a broader context of Europe, using the events of Poland's past to illustrate and illuminate the global forces that have transformed the world over the last century. 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 ...

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• Authors: Brian Porter-Sz?cs, Brian Porter-Szã1/4cs, B Porter-Szucs, Brian Porter-Szucs, Brian Porter-Szücs
• Publisher: Blackwell Scientific Publishers Ltd
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 28.02.2014
• EAN: 9781444332193
• ISBN: 978-1-4443-3219-3
• Dimensions: 160 mm x 235 mm x 22 mm
• Series: A New History of Modern Europe (NWME); New History of Modern Europe; A New History of Modern Europe; A New History of Modern Europe (NWME); New History of Modern Europe
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > General, dictionaries; Non-fiction book; Geschichte, Politikwissenschaft, History, European Politics, Political Science, 19th century, c 1800 to c 1899, 20th century, c 1900 to c 1999, 21st century, c 2000 to c 2100, 18th century, c 1700 to c 1799, Geschichte der europäischen Moderne, Modern European History, Politik / Europa, Polen /Geschichte, Politik 1945 ff