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Heart of Europe : The Past in Poland's Present

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ISBN-10: 0198730608

ISBN-13: 9780198730606

Edition: N/A

Authors: Norman Davies

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The image of Poland has once again been impressed on European consciousness. Norman Davies provides a key to understanding the modern Polish crisis in this lucid and authoritative description of the nation's history. Beginning with the period since 1945, he travels back in time to highlightthe long-term themes and traditions which have influenced present attitudes. His evocative account reveals Poland as the heart of Europe in more than the geographical sense. It is a country where Europe's ideological conflicts are played out in their most acute form: as recent events have emphasized, Poland's fate is of vital concern to European civilization as a whole.This revised and updated edition…    
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List price: $35.00
Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 544
Language: English

Norman Davies is the bestselling author of Europe: A Historyand The Isles: A History, and the definitive history of Poland, Gods Playground. He is a Supernumerary Fellow at Wolfson College, Oxford, and Professor Emeritus of London University.

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Illustrations
A Note on Polish Spelling
The Legacy of Humiliation: Post-war Poland to the Crisis of the People's Republic, 1944-1983p. 1
The Legacy of Defeat: Poland's Wartime Experience, 1937-1947p. 55
The Legacy of Disenchantment: Poland's Experiment in Independence, 1914-1939p. 95
The Legacy of Spiritual Mastery: Poland during the Partitions, 1795-1918p. 138
The Legacy of an Ancient Culture: Poland before 1795p. 245
Echoes: The Post in Poland's Presentp. 312
Beyond History: Reflections in the mid-1980sp. 392
Liberation: 1983-1999p. 407
Notesp. 434
App. I: Poland's Rulersp. 447
App. II: Genealogical Tablesp. 453
App. III: Gazetteerp. 458
Indexp. 461
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