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Poland in the Modern World: Beyond Martyrdom
Brian Porter-Szücs
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Description for Poland in the Modern World: Beyond Martyrdom
Paperback. In this lively overview of Poland's modern history, Brian Porter-Szucs sets the country in a broader context of Europe, using the events of Poland's past to illustrate and illuminate the global forces that have transformed the world over the last century. Series: New History of Modern Europe. Num Pages: 390 pages, black & white halftones, figures. BIC Classification: 1DVP; 3JJ; 3JM; HBJD; HBLW; HBLX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 231 x 151 x 18. Weight in Grams: 500.
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 ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
400
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Series
New History of Modern Europe
Condition
New
Weight
494g
Number of Pages
400
Place of Publication
Hoboken, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781444332193
SKU
V9781444332193
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About Brian Porter-Szücs
Brian Porter-Szücs is Professor of History at the University of Michigan, where he has taught since 1994. He is the author of Faith and Fatherland: Catholicism, Modernity, and Poland (2011) and When Nationalism Began to Hate: Imagining Modern Politics in Nineteenth-Century Poland (2000). He is also the co-editor, with Bruce Berglund, of Christianity and Modernity in Eastern Europe (2010).
Reviews for Poland in the Modern World: Beyond Martyrdom
"While the authors largely agree that the main motif of Polish history is the way in which leaders and communities pursued modernization and nationalization in the modern era, each writes about these topics in unique and fascinating ways." (Pol-int.org, 1 October 2015) "Brian Porter-Szucs's new book Poland in the Modern World: Beyond Martyrdom is like a breath of ... Read more