Nation and History
Polish Historians from the Enlightenment to the Second World War
Will be published approx. on 21. January 2006
Book
Hardback
420 pages
978-0-8020-9036-2 (ISBN)
Description
The important scholarly achievements of Polish historians remain largely unknown outside Poland. In Nation and History, editors Peter Brock, John Stanley, and Piotr J. Wrobel have brought together twenty-four essays on Polish historians from the Enlightenment to the Second World War, an era of unparalleled changes in every aspect of Polish life.
From the late eighteenth century until 1918, the Polish state was partitioned between its three neighbours: Russia, Prussia (Germany), and Austria. Polish historiography throughout this period tended to focus on the reasons behind the old Polish state's decline and fall. This shaped Polish historians' vision of their country's past and created the burden of not only having to discuss the state, but the issue of 'nation' - its essence, its shape, and its failure.
The contributors to this volume - from Poland and abroad - closely examine the role played by historians in both the documenting and shaping of Poland's history. While featuring different approaches, Nation and History serves as the most comprehensive work on Polish historiography written in English.
From the late eighteenth century until 1918, the Polish state was partitioned between its three neighbours: Russia, Prussia (Germany), and Austria. Polish historiography throughout this period tended to focus on the reasons behind the old Polish state's decline and fall. This shaped Polish historians' vision of their country's past and created the burden of not only having to discuss the state, but the issue of 'nation' - its essence, its shape, and its failure.
The contributors to this volume - from Poland and abroad - closely examine the role played by historians in both the documenting and shaping of Poland's history. While featuring different approaches, Nation and History serves as the most comprehensive work on Polish historiography written in English.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Toronto
Canada
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Product notice
With dust jacket
Dimensions
Height: 240 mm
Width: 162 mm
Thickness: 50 mm
Weight
924 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-8020-9036-2 (9780802090362)
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Peter Brock is a professor emeritus in the Department of History at the University of Toronto.
John Stanley is an independent scholar and a senior policy advisor for the Management Board Secretariat of the Government of Ontario.
Piotr J. Wrobel holds the Konstanty Reynert Chair of Polish History at the University of Toronto.
John Stanley is an independent scholar and a senior policy advisor for the Management Board Secretariat of the Government of Ontario.
Piotr J. Wrobel holds the Konstanty Reynert Chair of Polish History at the University of Toronto.
Content
Preface
Introduction
JOHN D. STANLEY
Adam Naruszewicz (1733-1796)
JOHN D. STANLEY
Joachim Lelewel (1786-1861)
JOHN D. STANLEY
JOzef Szujski (1835-1882)
ANDRZEJ WIERZBICKI
BolesAaw Limanowski (1835-1935)
KAZIMIERA J. COTTAM
Tadeusz Wojciechowski (1838-1919)
IWONA BATOR
Tadeusz Korzon (1839-1918)
DANIEL STONE
MichaA BobrzyOski (1849-1935)
PHILIP PAJAKOWSKI
WAadysAaw SmoleOski (1851-1926)
ANDRZEJ WIERZBICKI
StanisAaw Smolka (1854-1924)
PIOTR GORECKI
Aleksander BrUEckner (1856-1939)
WIKTOR WEINTRAUB
Oswald Balzer (1858-1933)
WACSAW URUSZCZAK
Szymon Askenazy (1865-1935)
PIOTR J. WROBEL
WacAaw Sobieski (1872-1935)
ZDZISSAW PIETRZYK
WacAaw Tokarz (1873-1937)
ANDRZEJ NIEUWAUNY
Franciszek Bujak (1875-1953)
ANITA SHELTON
StanisAaw Kutrzeba (1876-1946)
WACSAW URUSZCZAK
Adam SkaAkowski (1877-1951)
ANDRZEJ NIEUWAUNY
WAadysAaw KonopczyOski (1880-1952)
WOJCIECH TYGIELSKI
Natalia G.siorowska-Grabowska (1881-1964)
TADEUSZ PAWES RUTKOWSKI
Marceli Handelsman (1882-1945)
M.B. BISKUPSKI
Marian Kukiel (1885-1973)
PIOTR J. WROBEL
StanisAaw Kot (1885-1975)
PETER BROCK and ZDZISSAW PIETRZYK
Oskar Halecki (1891-1973)
JERZY KSOCZOWSKI
Adam PrOchnik (1892-1942)
KRZYSZTOF DUNIN-W)SOWICZ
Chronology of Polish History
Contributors
Index
Introduction
JOHN D. STANLEY
Adam Naruszewicz (1733-1796)
JOHN D. STANLEY
Joachim Lelewel (1786-1861)
JOHN D. STANLEY
JOzef Szujski (1835-1882)
ANDRZEJ WIERZBICKI
BolesAaw Limanowski (1835-1935)
KAZIMIERA J. COTTAM
Tadeusz Wojciechowski (1838-1919)
IWONA BATOR
Tadeusz Korzon (1839-1918)
DANIEL STONE
MichaA BobrzyOski (1849-1935)
PHILIP PAJAKOWSKI
WAadysAaw SmoleOski (1851-1926)
ANDRZEJ WIERZBICKI
StanisAaw Smolka (1854-1924)
PIOTR GORECKI
Aleksander BrUEckner (1856-1939)
WIKTOR WEINTRAUB
Oswald Balzer (1858-1933)
WACSAW URUSZCZAK
Szymon Askenazy (1865-1935)
PIOTR J. WROBEL
WacAaw Sobieski (1872-1935)
ZDZISSAW PIETRZYK
WacAaw Tokarz (1873-1937)
ANDRZEJ NIEUWAUNY
Franciszek Bujak (1875-1953)
ANITA SHELTON
StanisAaw Kutrzeba (1876-1946)
WACSAW URUSZCZAK
Adam SkaAkowski (1877-1951)
ANDRZEJ NIEUWAUNY
WAadysAaw KonopczyOski (1880-1952)
WOJCIECH TYGIELSKI
Natalia G.siorowska-Grabowska (1881-1964)
TADEUSZ PAWES RUTKOWSKI
Marceli Handelsman (1882-1945)
M.B. BISKUPSKI
Marian Kukiel (1885-1973)
PIOTR J. WROBEL
StanisAaw Kot (1885-1975)
PETER BROCK and ZDZISSAW PIETRZYK
Oskar Halecki (1891-1973)
JERZY KSOCZOWSKI
Adam PrOchnik (1892-1942)
KRZYSZTOF DUNIN-W)SOWICZ
Chronology of Polish History
Contributors
Index