Heart of Europe: The Past in Poland's PresentThe 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 highlight the 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 tackles and analyses the issues arising from the fall of the Eastern Block, and looks at Poland's future within a political climate of democracy and free market. |
Contents
| 1962 | |
| 1967 | |
CHAPTER 2 | 1981 |
Polands Wartime Experience 19391947 | 1984 |
CHAPTER 3 | |
Poland during the Partitions 17951918 | |
Under the Shadow of France | |
The Vienna Settlement 18151830 | |
CHAPTER 5 | |
Prehistory | |
Piast Poland | |
The Jagiellons 13851572 | |
The Partitions of Polandthe Reign of StanisławAugust 17641795 | |
The Life and Death of Old Poland | |
Lasting Traditions 1 The Multicultural Heritage | |
The Ethnic Core | |
The Romantic Age of Insurrections 18301864 | |
The Age of Organic Work 18641905 | |
The Growth of a New Society c 18901918 | |
The Polish Cause | |
The Impotence of Diplomacy | |
The Military Tradition | |
The Alienation from Authority | |
The Spread of National Consciousness | |
The Émigré Tradition 6 The Cultural Imperative | |
The Religion of Patriotism | |
The Divided Conscience | |
The Polish Language | |
Polish Literature | |
The Noble Ethos | |
Church and People | |
The Bond with the West | |
Diversions from the East | |
Political Corruption | |
The Past in Polands Present | |
CHAPTER 7 | |
19831999 | |
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