God's playground : a history of Poland
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God's playground : a history of Poland
Oxford University Press, 2005
rev. ed
- v. 1
- v. 2
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God's playground : a history of Poland, in two volumes
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Vol. 1. The origins to 1795 -- v. 2. 1795 to the present
Includes bibliographical references and index
Description and Table of Contents
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v. 1 ISBN 9780199253395
Description
This new edition of Norman Davies's classic study of the history of Poland has been revised and fully updated with two new chapters to bring the story to the end of the twentieth century. The writing of Polish history, like Poland itself, has frequently fallen prey to interested parties. Professor Norman Davies adopts a sceptical stance towards all existing interpretations and attempts to bring a strong dose of common sense to his theme. He presents the most comprehensive survey in English of this frequently maligned and usually misunderstood country.
Table of Contents
- 1. MILLENIUM: A THOUSAND YEARS OF HISTORY
- 2. Polska: The Polish Land
- 3. Piast: The Polanian Dynasty (to 1370)
- 4. Anjou: The Hungarian Connection (1370-1386)
- 5. Jogaila: The Lithuanian Union (1386-1572)
- 6. ANTEMURALE: THE BULWARK OF CHRISTENDOM (RELIGION)
- 7. The Nobelman's Paradise (Society)
- 8. Handel: The Baltic Grain Trade (Economy)
- 9. Miasto: The Vicissitudes of Urban Life (The Cities)
- 10. Anarchia: The Noble Democracy (The Constitution)
- 11. Serenissima: Diplomacy in Poland - Lithuania (Foreign Affairs)
- 12. Valois: The French Experiment (1572-1575)
- 13. Bathory: The Transylvanian Victor (1576-1586)
- 14. Vasa: The Swedish Connection (1587-1668)
- 15. Michal: The Austrian Candidate (1669-1673)
- 16. Sobieski: Terror of the Turk (1674-1696)
- 17. Wettin: The Saxon Era (1697-1763)
- 18. Agonia: The End of the Eussian Protectorate (1764-1795)
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v. 2 ISBN 9780199253401
Description
This new edition of Norman Davies's classic study of the history of Poland has been revised and fully updated with two new chapters to bring the story to the end of the twentieth century. The writing of Polish history, like Poland itself, has frequently fallen prey to interested parties. Professor Norman Davies adopts a sceptical stance towards all existing interpretations and attempts to bring a strong dose of common sense to his theme. He presents the most comprehensive survey in English of this frequently maligned and usually misunderstood country.
Table of Contents
- 1. NAROD: THE GROWTH OF THE MODERN POLISH NATION (1722-1945)
- 2. Rossiya: The Russian Partition (1772-1918)
- 3. Preussen: The Prussian Partition
- 4. Galicia: The Austrian Partition (1772-1918)
- 5. Fabryka: The Process of Industrialisation
- 6. Lud: The Rise of the Common People
- 7. Kosciol: The Roman Catholic Church in Poland
- 8. Kultura: Education and Cultural Heritage
- 9. Zydzi: The Jewish Community
- 10. Wojsko: The Military Condition
- 11. Emigracja: The Polish Emigration
- 12. Varsovie: The Duchy of Warsaw (1807-1846)
- 13. Kongresowka: The Congress Kingdom (1815-1846)
- 14. Cracovia: The Republic of Cracow (1815-1846)
- 15. Wiosna: The Springtime of Other Nations (1848)
- 16. Reveries: The Thaw and the January Rising (1855-1864)
- 17. Rewolucja: Revolution and Reaction (1904-1914)
- 18. Feniks: The Rebirth of the Polish State (1914-1918)
- 19. Niepodleglosc: Twenty Years of Independence (1918-1939)
- 20. Golgota: Poland in the Second World War (1939-1945)
- 21. Granice: The Modern Polish Frontiers (1919-1945)
- 22. PARTIA: THE COMMUNIST MOVEMENT
- 23. Polska Ludowa: The Polish People's Republic
- Postscript
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