Nationalism And Populism In Partitioned Poland: Selected Essays
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Few historical episodes are as complex and consequential as the partition of Poland, a nation dismembered by its neighbours yet fiercely alive in the hearts of its people. In Nationalism and Populism in Partitioned Poland, historian Peter Brock presents a collection of selected essays that chronicle the ideological and social forces that shaped Polish national identity during one of its most turbulent periods, examining the interplay between nationalist movements and the agrarian populism that mobilised the peasant classes against imperial domination. Brock, Professor of History at the University of Toronto, writes with scholarly precision and a command of primary sources that few historians of Eastern Europe can match. His essays illuminate the contradictions and convergences between elite nationalism and grassroots political awakening, arguing that the survival of Polish identity was as much a social phenomenon as a political one. This collection stands as an essential reference for anyone seeking to understand how a stateless nation sustained its coherence across more than a century of foreign rule — and what that endurance reveals about the nature of modern nationalism itself.
Author: Peter Brock
Format: Paperback
Genre: European history
Condition remarks:
Condition: Good. Jacket: No dust jacket. Page Condition: Yellowed, tanning. Markings: none. Binding condition: Binding intact - tanning on rims of cover/spine.
Few historical episodes are as complex and consequential as the partition of Poland, a nation dismembered by its neighbours yet fiercely alive in the hearts of its people. In Nationalism and Populism in Partitioned Poland, historian Peter Brock presents a collection of selected essays that chronicle the ideological and social forces that shaped Polish national identity during one of its most turbulent periods, examining the interplay between nationalist movements and the agrarian populism that mobilised the peasant classes against imperial domination. Brock, Professor of History at the University of Toronto, writes with scholarly precision and a command of primary sources that few historians of Eastern Europe can match. His essays illuminate the contradictions and convergences between elite nationalism and grassroots political awakening, arguing that the survival of Polish identity was as much a social phenomenon as a political one. This collection stands as an essential reference for anyone seeking to understand how a stateless nation sustained its coherence across more than a century of foreign rule — and what that endurance reveals about the nature of modern nationalism itself.