Communism, Nationalism and Ethnicity in Poland, 1944-1950

ISBN-13: 9780415625005 / Angielski / Miękka / 2012 / 206 str.

Michael Fleming

Opis

Examining the establishment of communist rule in Poland from 1944-1950, this text shows that nationalism and nationality policy were fundamentally important in the consolidation of communist rule, acting as a crucial nexus through which different groups were coerced and were able to consent to the new unfolding order.

Spis treści

1: Introduction 2: Ethnicity And Nation: The International Consensus 3: Manipulating Social Anger 4: Violence 5: Securing The Church 6: Rupturing Homogeneity? Class And National Identities 7: Conclusion

O autorze

Michael Fleming is Associate Professor at the Academy of Humanities and Economics, Lodz, Poland; and Lecturer at the Polish University Abroad in London, UK. He is the author of National Minorities in Post-Communist Poland (2003).