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Patrice M. Dabrowski
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Paperback. Num Pages: 506 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DVP; HBJD; HBLC; HBLH; HBLL; HBLW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 154 x 229 x 2. Weight in Grams: 684.
Since its beginnings, Poland has been a moving target, geographically as well as demographically, and the very definition of who is a Pole has been in flux. In the late medieval and early modern periods, the country grew to be the largest in continental Europe, only to be later wiped off the map for more than a century. The Polish phoenix that rose out of the ashes of World War I was obliterated by the joint Nazi-Soviet occupation that began with World War II. The postwar entity known as Poland was shaped and controlled by the Soviet Union. Yet even ... Read more
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Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Northern Illinois University Press United States
Number of pages
506
Condition
New
Number of Pages
506
Place of Publication
, United States
ISBN
9780875807560
SKU
V9780875807560
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About Patrice M. Dabrowski
Patrice M. Dabrowski has taught at Harvard University, Brown University, and the University of Massachusetts at Amherst and currently works at the University of Vienna. She is the author of Commemorations and the Shaping of Modern Poland.
Reviews for Poland
A comprehensive, balanced, clearly written, and engaging new history of Poland... May Poland find many readers. They will not be disappointed in what they see.
The Polish Review
This is a clearly presented and compellingly written survey of the history of Poland from its founding in the tenth century through to the present day.
Canadian Slavonic Papers ... Read more
The Polish Review
This is a clearly presented and compellingly written survey of the history of Poland from its founding in the tenth century through to the present day.
Canadian Slavonic Papers ... Read more