Poland in the Modern World Beyond Martyrdom 1st Edition by Brian Porter Szücs 781444332193 1444332198

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ISBN 10: 1444332198

ISBN 13: 781444332193

Author: Brian Porter-Szücs

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.

Table of contents:

1. Poles Without Poland, 1795–1918

2. The Political Landscape at the Start of the 20th Century

3. Nation and/or Revolution, 1914–22

4. The Ambivalence of Democracy and Authority, 1922–39

5. Hyperinflation and Depression: The Interwar Period

6. Jews, Ukrainians, and Other Poles in the Interwar Period

7. World War II, 1939–45

8. Conquest or Revolution? 1945–56

9. The Year 1956 and the Rise of National Communism

10. Communism and Consumerism

11. The End of the PRL, 1976–89

12. Shock Therapy

13. Politics in the Third Republic

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