A Concise History of Poland

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Edition: Concise
Format: Hardcover
Pub. Date: 2006-07-24
Publisher(s): Cambridge University Press
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Summary

The second edition of this guide to Poland has been updated to take account of the years from 1989–2005. This period marked its liberation from the Soviet Union, the birth of Poland's 'Third Republic' and, recently, its accession to the European Union in 2004. Poland's history has been marked by its resilience. Once a dominant force in central and eastern Europe and home to a remarkable experiment in consensual politics, it was excised from the map by its neighbours in 1795. Resurrected in 1918, partitioned afresh during the Second World War, it survived to become a satellite of the Soviet Union. Yet in the 1980s, it was Poland which blazed the trail in casting off communism, and was finally able to reassert its Christian heritage. With its updated bibliography and new chronology, the book is the ideal companion for all looking for a comprehensive survey of this fascinating country.

Author Biography

Jerzy Lukowski is Reader in Polish History at the University of Birmingham

Table of Contents

Preface
note on Polish pronunciation
List of illustrations
List of maps
Part I. Poland to 1795: 1. Piast Poland, ? 1385
2. Jagiellonian Poland, 1385 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 1945
7. Communism and the Cold War, 1945 1989
8. A new republic 1989
Genealogical charts of Polish rulers
Lists of heads of state, presidents, communist party leaders, 1918 2000
Bibliography.

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