Nation and History: Polish Historians from the Enlightenment to the Second World War
© 2005
The important scholarly achievements of Polish historians remain largely unknown outside Poland. In Nation and History, editors Peter Brock, John Stanley, and Piotr J. Wróbel 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.
Product Details
- Series: Heritage
- World Rights
- Page Count: 420 pages
- Dimensions: 6.3in x 1.6in x 9.4in
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Author Information
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. Wróbel holds the Konstanty Reynert Chair of Polish History at the University of Toronto.
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Table of contents
Preface
Introduction
JOHN D. STANLEY- Adam Naruszewicz (1733–1796)
JOHN D. STANLEY - Joachim Lelewel (1786–1861)
JOHN D. STANLEY - Józef Szujski (1835–1882)
ANDRZEJ WIERZBICKI - BolesÂaw Limanowski (1835–1935)
KAZIMIERA J. COTTAM - Tadeusz Wojciechowski (1838–1919)
IWONA BATOR - Tadeusz Korzon (1839–1918)
DANIEL STONE - Micha Bobrzyóski (1849–1935)
PHILIP PAJAKOWSKI - WÂadysÂaw Smoleóski (1851–1926)
ANDRZEJ WIERZBICKI - StanisÂaw Smolka (1854–1924)
PIOTR GÓRECKI - Aleksander Brückner (1856–1939)
WIKTOR WEINTRAUB - Oswald Balzer (1858–1933)
WACSAW URUSZCZAK - Szymon Askenazy (1865–1935)
PIOTR J. WRÓBEL - WacÂaw Sobieski (1872–1935)
ZDZISSAW PIETRZYK - WacÂaw Tokarz (1873–1937)
ANDRZEJ NIEUWAÙNY - Franciszek Bujak (1875–1953)
ANITA SHELTON - StanisÂaw Kutrzeba (1876–1946)
WACSAW URUSZCZAK - Adam SkaÂkowski (1877–1951)
ANDRZEJ NIEUWAÙNY - WÂadysÂaw Konopczyóski (1880–1952)
WOJCIECH TYGIELSKI - Natalia G.siorowska-Grabowska (1881–1964)
TADEUSZ PAWES RUTKOWSKI - Marceli Handelsman (1882–1945)
M.B. BISKUPSKI - Marian Kukiel (1885–1973)
PIOTR J. WRÓBEL - StanisÂaw Kot (1885–1975)
PETER BROCK and ZDZISSAW PIETRZYK - Oskar Halecki (1891–1973)
JERZY KSOCZOWSKI - Adam Próchnik (1892–1942)
KRZYSZTOF DUNIN-W)SOWICZ
Chronology of Polish History
Contributors
Index
- Adam Naruszewicz (1733–1796)
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Subjects and Courses