The People of Poland at War: 1914-1918

ISBN-13: 9783631838457 / Angielski / Twarda / 2021 / 426 str.

Marcin Pedich;Teresa Baluk-Ulewiczowa;Andrzej Chwalba

Opis

A pioneering synthesis of the history of Poland, 1914-1918, summing up 100 years of the work of historians on the period and outlining new research aims. An integrated approach to the story of the Russian, German, and Austro-Hungarian zones of partitioned Poland, culminating in the restoration of the country's independence and its accommodation to the new political configuration in Europe after 1918. The book uses a combination of the research tools of social and cultural history, anthropology, and environmental history, showing the everyday life of ordinary people alongside military and diplomatic affairs. The policies pursued by the Partitioning and Occupying Powers are juxtaposed with the activities of Polish pro-independence groups and Pi(3)sudski's Legions.

Spis treści

The Great War in Central Europe - Treachery, loyalty, gossip, spymania - Destruction and restoration - Civic self-help - Poles, Russians, Germans, Austrians, Jews, Ukrainians, Belarusians, Lithuanians - Pogroms in the East - The black market and demoralization - Restoration of Polish independence.

O autorze

Andrzej Chwalba is a professor at the Jagiellonian University. His main field of research is 19th- and 20th-century Polish and European history. He has published 30 books in Poland, the USA, Germany, Czechia, Bulgaria, and Croatia, and holds 20 prizes and distinctions for his work in scholarship.