The Politics of Ethnicity in Central Europe

ISBN-13: 9780333731710 / Angielski / Twarda / 2000 / 224 str.

Opis

This volume deals with the politics of ethnicity in East-Central Europe. The major part of the book focuses upon the nature of identity and inter-ethnic relations in the Central European region of Silesia. Although Silesia is terra incognita to most of the English-speaking world, for centuries it has been contested by German, Polish, Czech, Prussian, and Austrian elites. The author and contributors hope that, after having read this volume, the reader will be better informed of both the region in general and Silesia in particular.

Spis treści

Dedication Acknowledgements Prefatory Remarks Glossary of Place Names (German, Polish, Czech) Biographical Notes List of Maps Chronology of Silesian History Introduction: K.Cordell Nationalism and the Nation State in Central Europe; T.Sullivan Ethnic Conflict and Conciliation in Central Europe Today; K.Cordell The Germans and Central Europe in the pre-Modern Era; K.Struve Silesia and the Dawning of the Modern Era; P.Ther, T.Kamusella & P.Kacir Upper Silesia 1918-1945; T.Kamusella & P.Kacir Polish and Czech Silesia Under Communist Rule: A Comparison; B.Linek & K.M.Born The Articulation of Identity in Silesia Since 1989; K.Cordell, T.Kamusella & K.M.Born The Future of Silesia; K.Cordell & T.Kamusella Conclusion; K.Cordell Index

O autorze

KARL CORDELL is Senior Lecturer in Politics at the University of Plymouth, Great Britain. He obtained his doctorate in 1988 on completion of research into the 'Origins of Development and Deutschlandpolitik, 1969-74'. He subsequently published on the nature and content of relations between the two German states, the nature of Die Wende in the GDR and the process of unification. In more recent years he has published extensively on matters connected with Poland's German minority, German-Polish relations, and the impact of both upon Poland's desire to become a member of the European Union.