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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 volume are divided into
three parts - the Beginnings of Poland-Lithuania, the
Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth and Legacy and Memory of the
Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth - and represent a selection of the
papers delivered at the Third Congress of International Researchers
of Polish History which was held in Cracow on 11-14 October 2017.
Through their application of different historiographical
perspectives and schools of history they offer the reader a fresh
take on the Commonwealth's history and legacy, as well as the
memory of it in the countries that are its inheritors, namely
Poland, Lithuania, Latvia, Belarus and Ukraine. An exploration of
one of the biggest countries in Early Modern Europe, this will be
of interest to historians, political scientists, cultural
anthropologists and other scholars of the history of Central and
Eastern Europe in the Early Modern period.
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 volume are divided into
three parts – the Beginnings of Poland-Lithuania, the
Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth and Legacy and Memory of the
Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth – and represent a selection of the
papers delivered at the Third Congress of International Researchers
of Polish History which was held in Cracow on 11-14 October 2017.
Through their application of different historiographical
perspectives and schools of history they offer the reader a fresh
take on the Commonwealth’s history and legacy, as well as the
memory of it in the countries that are its inheritors, namely
Poland, Lithuania, Latvia, Belarus and Ukraine. An exploration of
one of the biggest countries in Early Modern Europe, this will be
of interest to historians, political scientists, cultural
anthropologists and other scholars of the history of Central and
Eastern Europe in the Early Modern period.
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 technical
assistance. Labor movements especially stepped into the limelight.
A number of Western European unions were concerned about the new
international tension following the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan
and the new hard-line policy of the US and saw Solidarnosc as a
political instrument of clerical and neo-conservative cold
warriors. This book analyzes reaction to Solidarnosc in nine
Western European countries and within the international trade union
confederations. It argues that Western solidarity with Solidarnosc
was highly determined by its instrumental value within the national
context. Trade unions openly sided with Solidarnosc when they had
an interest in doing so, namely when Solidarnosc could strengthen
their own program or position. But this book also reveals that
reaction in allegedly reluctant countries was massive, albeit
discreet, pragmatic, and humanitarian, rather than vocal,
emotional, and political.
"1914--1918: An Anatomy of Global Conflict" recounts a history
of the First World War from an anthropological perspective. It
shares the stories of individual participants, which include
soldiers, civilians, and women. The study revisits the events of
the war through the lens of everyday life, economic affairs,
migration, invasion, military occupation, the role of civilian
infrastructure, and the impact of the national question; and it
undertakes a clinical analysis of various models of ground
warfare.
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 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 Pilsudski's
Legions.
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 technical
assistance. Labor movements especially stepped into the limelight.
A number of Western European unions were concerned about the new
international tension following the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan
and the new hard-line policy of the US and saw Solidarnosc as a
political instrument of clerical and neo-conservative cold
warriors. This book analyzes reaction to Solidarnosc in nine
Western European countries and within the international trade union
confederations. It argues that Western solidarity with Solidarnosc
was highly determined by its instrumental value within the national
context. Trade unions openly sided with Solidarnosc when they had
an interest in doing so, namely when Solidarnosc could strengthen
their own program or position. But this book also reveals that
reaction in allegedly reluctant countries was massive, albeit
discreet, pragmatic, and humanitarian, rather than vocal,
emotional, and political.
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 oesterreich-ungarischen Gebiete des
geteilten Polen, die in die Wiedergewinnung der Unabhangigkeit und
die Neupositionierung des Landes in Europa nach 1918 mundet. Das
Buch verwendet Ansatze der Sozial- und Kulturgeschichte, der
Anthropologie und Umweltgeschichte, um das Alltagsleben im Krieg
ebenso zu zeigen wie die militarische und diplomatische
Entwicklung. Es analysiert, wie sich die von den Teilungs- und
Besatzungsmachten verfolgte Politik und die Aktivitaten der
polnischen Unabhangigkeitsbewegung und der Legionen Pilsudskis
uberlagerten und wechselseitig beeinflussten.
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