{"product_id":"poland-in-the-modern-world-paperback-2","title":"Poland in the Modern World - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eBrian Porter-Sz?cs\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003ePoland in the Modern World\u003c\/i\u003e presents a history of the country from the late nineteenth century to the present, incorporating new perspectives from social and cultural history and positioning it in a broad global context\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eChallenges traditional accounts Poland that tend to focus on national, political history, emphasizing the country's 'exceptionalism'.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003ePresents a lively, multi-dimensional story, balancing coverage of high politics with discussion of social, cultural and economic changes, and their effects on individuals' daily lives.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eExplores both the regional diversity within Poland and the country's place within Europe and the wider world.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eProvides a new interpretive framework for understanding key historical events in Poland's modern history, including the experiences of World War II and the postwar communist era.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e\u003ch3\u003eBack Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis timely account of Poland's modern history, from the end of the 19\u003csup\u003eth\u003c\/sup\u003e century to the present day, positions the country within the context of Europe, using the events of Poland's past to illustrate and illuminate the global forces that have transformed the world over the last century. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChallenging traditional, nationalistic accounts of heroism and tragedy, the author sets the major political events in Polish history alongside broader developments within society. He provides particular insight into the regional, cultural and economic diversity of the country, and focusses on the experience of individuals' daily lives. For instance, readers learn of the day-to-day relations between people of differing religion and language between the two world wars, the realities of life in the Warsaw ghetto; what Stalin's industrial expansion meant for the peasants who took up factory jobs in the late 1940s and early 1950s, the effects of changing concepts of masculinity and femininity over time. The result is a lively and nuanced historical overview that recognizes both the particularities and the universality of modern Poland's story.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eBrian Porter-Szücs\u003c\/b\u003e is Professor of History at the University of Michigan, where he has taught since 1994. He is the author of \u003ci\u003eFaith and Fatherland: Catholicism, Modernity, and Poland\u003c\/i\u003e (2011) and \u003ci\u003eWhen Nationalism Began to Hate: Imagining Modern Politics in Nineteenth-Century Poland\u003c\/i\u003e (2000). He is also the co-editor, with Bruce Berglund, of \u003ci\u003eChristianity and Modernity in Eastern Europe\u003c\/i\u003e (2010).\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 400\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.9 x 8.9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e March 17, 2014\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47290987577593,"sku":"9781444332193","price":77.31,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/2782\/3097\/files\/VTXSnD_OR79781444332193_8f56fa8f-2390-43a0-9dca-4f6d95a4a6b3.webp?v=1769155932","url":"https:\/\/bookscloud.io\/products\/poland-in-the-modern-world-paperback-2","provider":"BooksCloud Book Dropshipping","version":"1.0","type":"link"}