Poland in the Modern World

Beyond Martyrdom

Brian Porter-Szücs

• Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell
• Year: 2014
• Print ISBN:
  9781444332193
  9781444332186
• Edition: 1
• eBook ISBN:
  9781118598191
• Topic: History
• Subtopic: Eastern European History
• Index: History

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

• Poland in the Modern World: Beyond Martyrdom
• Copyright
• Contents
• List of Figures
• Acknowledgments
• Pronunciation Guide
• Introduction
• 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
• Index