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, anthropo...

Eine große Synthese der Geschichte Polens im Ersten Weltkrieg, die einhundert Jahre historischer Forschung zusammenfasst und neue Forschungswege beschreitet. Eine eingehende Darstellung der russischen, deutschen und österreich-ungarischen Gebiete des geteilten Polen, die in die Wiedergewinnung der Unabhängigkeit und die Neupositionierung des Landes in Europa nach 1918 mündet. Das Buch verwendet Ansätze der Sozial- und Kulturgeschichte, der Anthropologie und Umweltgeschichte, um das Alltags...

The Polish crisis in the early 1980s provoked a great deal of reaction in the West. Not only governments, but social movements were also touched by the establishment of the Independent Trade Union Solidarnosc in the summer of 1980, the proclamation of martial law in December 1981, and Solidarnosc's underground activity in the subsequent years. In many countries, campaigns were set up in order to spread information, raise funds, and provide the Polish opposition with humanitarian relief and...

This book is 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. It is 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. It uses a combination of the research tools of social and cultural hist...

This volume provides a fresh perspective of the history and legacy of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth, as well as the often-disputed memory of it in contemporary Europe.The unions between the Crown of the Kingdom of Poland and the Grand Duchy of Lithuania have fascinated many readers particularly because many solutions that have been implemented in the European Union have been adopted from its Central and Eastern European predecessor. The collection of essays presented in this v...

Eine große Synthese der Geschichte Polens im Ersten Weltkrieg, die einhundert Jahre historischer Forschung zusammenfasst und neue Forschungswege beschreitet. Eine eingehende Darstellung der russischen, deutschen und österreich-ungarischen Gebiete des geteilten Polen, die in die Wiedergewinnung der Unabhängigkeit und die Neupositionierung des Landes in Europa nach 1918 mündet. Das Buch verwendet Ansätze der Sozial- und Kulturgeschichte, der Anthropologie und Umweltgeschichte, um das Alltags...