The Un-Polish Poland, 1989 and the Illusion of Regained Historical Continuity

by Tomasz Kamusella

Book Overview

This book discusses historical continuities and discontinuities between the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth, interwar Poland, the Polish People's Republic, and contemporary Poland. The year 1989 is seen as a clear point-break that allowed the Poles and their country to regain a 'natural historical continuity' with the 'Second Republic, ' as interwar Poland is commonly referred to in the current Polish national master narrative. In this pattern of...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3319600354
• ISBN13: 9783319600352
• Release Date: September 2017
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 133 Pages
• Weight: 0.92 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.8" x 8.3"