A Concise History of Poland
3rd Edition
Part of Cambridge Concise Histories
- Authors:
- Jerzy Lukowski, University of Birmingham
- Hubert Zawadzki, Wolfson College, Oxford
- Date Published: January 2019
- availability: In stock
- format: Paperback
- isbn: 9781108440127
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Poland is a tenacious survivor-state: it was wiped off the map in 1795, resurrected after the First World War, apparently annihilated again in the Second World War, and reduced to satellite status of the Soviet Union after 1945. Yet it emerged in the vanguard of resistance to the USSR in the 1980s, albeit as a much more homogeneous entity than it had been in its multi-ethnic past. This book outlines Poland's turbulent and complex history, from its medieval Christian origins to the reassertion of that Christian and European heritage after forty-five years of communism. It describes Poland's transformation since 1989, and explains how Poland navigated its way into a new Commonwealth of Nations in the European Union. Recent years have witnessed significant changes within Poland, Eastern Europe and the wider world. This new edition reflects on these changes, and examines the current issues facing a Poland which some would accuse of being out of touch with 'European values'.
Read more- Offers comprehensive coverage of Poland's troubled history, from its medieval Christian origins to the present day
- A clear and accessible book designed for use by the student or traveller
- Numerous illustrations and maps enhance the text and provide additional detail about Poland's ever-changing boundaries
Reviews & endorsements
'… lucid, insightful, and often witty and pithy … the authors are especially good in their dispassionate treatment of sensitive political and social issues and challenges, particularly those that have dominated recent decades. These matters include Poland's place in Europe, the role of the Catholic Church, xenophobic and anti-Semitic traditions, and 'the lack of confidence in many of the state's institutions and in the rule of law, coupled with the low quality of much political debate' (as the authors write in the final chapter). Illustrations (two new ones in this edition), maps, ruler lists, and a good English-language bibliography enhance the volume. Recommended.' P. W. Knoll, Choice
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×Product details
- Edition: 3rd Edition
- Date Published: January 2019
- format: Paperback
- isbn: 9781108440127
- length: 526 pages
- dimensions: 215 x 139 x 25 mm
- weight: 0.74kg
- contains: 60 b/w illus. 13 maps
- availability: In stock
Table of Contents
List of illustrations and maps
Preface to the third edition
Preface to the second edition
Preface to the first edition
A note on Polish pronunciation
Chronology
Part I. Poland, to 1795:
1. Piast Poland, ?–1385
2. Jagiellonian Poland, 1386–1572
3. The Commonwealth of the two Nations, 1572–1795
Part II. Poland, after 1795:
4. Challenging the partitions, 1795–1864
5. An era of transformation, 1864–1914
6. Independence regained and lost, 1914–45
7. Communism and the Cold War, 1945–89
8. A new republic, 1989–
Geneaological charts of Polish rulers
List of heads of state, presidents, Communist Party leaders (1918–2018)
Bibliography
Index.
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