{"product_id":"the-history-of-poland-since-1863-paperback-9780521275019","title":"The History of Poland Since 1863 (Paperback) 9780521275019","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eThe History of Poland Since 1863\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eR. F. Leslie (Edited by)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780521275019, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback, published 19 May 1983\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e512 pages\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.2 x 2.9 cm, 0.777 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eThis is an account of the evolution of Poland from conditions of subjection to its reconstruction in 1918, development in the years between the two World Wars, and reorganisation after 1945. It begins at a time when Poland was still suffering from the legacy of the eighteenth-century Partitions and burdened with problems of sizeable ethnic minorities, inadequate agrarian reforms and sluggish industrial development sustained by foreign capital. It traces the history through to independence and then to the transformation of the country in the last thirty years. Although many of the problems of the past have now disappeared, industrialisation, the structure of peasant agriculture, and political association with the Soviet Union present the Polish People's Republic with difficulties that have yet to be resolved. Substantial achievements in an ethnically homogeneous state must be set against substantial discontents. This history provides the English-speaking reader with a scholarly synthesis based mainly on literature in Polish and other East European languages. It will be essential reading for historians of Eastern Europe and for those interested in modern Polish society.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eList of maps\u003cbr\u003e Preface\u003cbr\u003e Abbreviations\u003cbr\u003e 1. Triloyalism and the national revival\u003cbr\u003e 2. Poland and the crisis of 1900–7\u003cbr\u003e 3. Poland on the eve of the First World War\u003cbr\u003e 4. The emergence of an independent Polish state\u003cbr\u003e 5. The breakdown of parliamentary government\u003cbr\u003e 6. Pilsudski in power, 1926–35\u003cbr\u003e 7. Poland without Pilsudski\u003cbr\u003e 8. Poland in defeat, September 1939–July 1941\u003cbr\u003e 9. The ill-fated alliance, August 1941–April 1943\u003cbr\u003e 10. The years of Tempest, May 1943–December 1944\u003cbr\u003e 11. Post-war Poland\u003cbr\u003e 12. The rise and ebb of stalinism\u003cbr\u003e 13. The October turning point\u003cbr\u003e 14. 'The little stabilization'\u003cbr\u003e 15. The decline of Gomulka\u003cbr\u003e 16. Poland under Gierek\u003cbr\u003e 17. Polish society, 1945–75\u003cbr\u003e Notes\u003cbr\u003e Select bibliography\u003cbr\u003e Index.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: 20th century history: c 1900  to c 2000 [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on 20th century history: c 1900  to c 2000\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%2220th%20century%20history:%20c%201900%20%20to%20c%202000%20%5BHBLW%5D%22\"\u003eHBLW\u003c\/a\u003e], European history [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on European history\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22European%20history%20%5BHBJD%5D%22\"\u003eHBJD\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45909216035096,"sku":"9780521275019","price":42.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9780521275019i_6413ceb0-237f-4774-af8e-1a95ab76123a.jpg?v=1691374357","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/the-history-of-poland-since-1863-paperback-9780521275019","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}