Poles, Polonia, and the Quest for Liberty

List of contents

1. Before Modern Polish Democracy: Benedict Hesse of Cracow and the Conciliar Tradition
at the University of Cracow
2. Liberty, Sovereignty, and Independence in the Constitution of May 3, 1791
3. Not A Stone Upon A Stone: The Demolition of St. Alexander Nevsky Cathedral
4. Jews and the Struggle for Polish Freedom, 1794-1989
5. Regionalizing the Polish Carpathians: The First Highland Folk Festival in Poland
6. A most unusual meetings in the history of American - Polish relations. The conversation between Robert Lansing and Adam Tarnowski, May 1, 1917.
7. Poles in Heart and Spirit: The Fourth Partition's Support of its Homeland, 1880-1930.
8. A Taste of Poland in Interwar Manhattan: The Life and Death of the Polish Institute of Art and Culture".
9. Ethnic Place-Making-Language, Space, and Power.
10. Polonia Zawsze Wierna: The Chicago Polonia and the Struggle for Polish Freedom.
11. How do we go forward? Reflections on the Controversies over Polish-Jewish Relations during the Second World War.

About the author

John S. Micgiel has served as Director of the Institute on East Central Europe, Associate Director of the Harriman Institute, Executive Director of the Institute for the Study of Europe, and Adjunct Professor of International and Public Affairs-all at Columbia University, USA. He was the spiritus movens of the campaign to raise funds for the Chair in Polish Studies at Columbia. He now teaches at the University of Warsaw, Poland.

Product details

• Authors: John S. Micgiel
• Assisted by: John S. Micgiel (Editor)
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 13.06.2025
• EAN: 9781032976440
• ISBN: 978-1-0-3297644-0
• No. of pages: 178
• Series: Routledge Contemporary Russia and Eastern Europe Series
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Geosciences > Geography; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; Eastern Europe, Asia, POLITICAL SCIENCE / World / European, HISTORY / Europe / Poland, Politics & government, Regional Studies, Politics and government, Regional / International studies, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Cultural & Ethnic Studies / Asian Studies, Political structures / systems: democracy