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Nation and History Polish Historians from the Enlightenment to the Second World
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Nation and History Polish Historians from the Enlightenment to the Second World War Hardcover - 2006 - 1st Edition

by Peter Brock [Editor]; John Stanley [Editor]; Piotr J. Wrobel [Editor];


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The important scholarly achievements of Polish historians remain largely unknown outside Poland. In Nation and History, editors Peter Brock, John Stanley, and Piotr J. Wrbel have brought together twenty-four essays on Polish historians from the Enlightenment to the Second World War, an era of unparalleled changes in every aspect of Polish life.

From the late eighteenth century until 1918, the Polish state was partitioned between its three neighbours: Russia, Prussia (Germany), and Austria. Polish historiography throughout this period tended to focus on the reasons behind the old Polish state's decline and fall. This shaped Polish historians' vision of their country's past and created the burden of not only having to discuss the state, but the issue of 'nation' - its essence, its shape, and its failure.

The contributors to this volume - from Poland and abroad - closely examine the role played by historians in both the documenting and shaping of Poland's history. While featuring different approaches, Nation and History serves as the most comprehensive work on Polish historiography written in English.

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Adam Naruszewicz is the first modern Polish historian.

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  • Title Nation and History Polish Historians from the Enlightenment to the Second World War
  • Author Peter Brock [Editor]; John Stanley [Editor]; Piotr J. Wrobel [Editor];
  • Binding Hardcover
  • Edition number 1st
  • Edition 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher University of Toronto Press, TORONTO, ONT.
  • Date January 21, 2006
  • Features Dust Cover, Index, Table of Contents
  • ISBN 9780802090362
  • Themes
    • Chronological Period: 18th Century
    • Chronological Period: 19th Century
    • Chronological Period: 1900-1949
    • Cultural Region: Eastern Europe

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  • Reference and Research Bk News, 05/01/2007, Page 45

About the author

Peter Brock is a professor emeritus in the Department of History at the University of Toronto. John Stanley is an independent scholar and a senior policy advisor for the Management Board Secretariat of the Government of Ontario. Piotr J. Wrbel holds the Konstanty Reynert Chair of Polish History at the University of Toronto.
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