Historical Dictionary of Poland / Edition 2

Historical Dictionary of Poland / Edition 2

by George Sanford
ISBN-10:
0810847558
ISBN-13:
9780810847552
Pub. Date:
09/03/2003
Publisher:
Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc.
ISBN-10:
0810847558
ISBN-13:
9780810847552
Pub. Date:
09/03/2003
Publisher:
Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc.
Historical Dictionary of Poland / Edition 2

Historical Dictionary of Poland / Edition 2

by George Sanford

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Overview

Poland has had an exceptionally turbulent thousand-year history marked by extremes of national greatness and decline including patrition and foreign occupation. Currently undergoing another dramatic transformation, Poland has been building a democratic and market system since the fall of communism. The largest and most important nation in Eastern Europe, outside the ex-Soviet Union, is now returning to the European mainstream from which she was for long periods isolated politically and economically, although not culturally.

Although Poland has been widely popularized in journalistic clichés in recent years because of Solidarity, the "Polish Pope" and the like, there is still much to be learned about the particular individuals and specific factors which have shaped her history in the past and which are molding her present development. The dictionary strikes a judicious balance in covering past and contemporary figures as well as Poland's richly-textured political, social, and cultural dimensions.

The Dictionary has more than four hundred entries and a most comprehensive and up-to-date bibliography. It provides a stimulating and knowledgeable introduction for students, scholars, and librarians as well as a helpful overview-guide for tourists and for those involved in teaching, business, politics, journalism, and public service.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780810847552
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc.
Publication date: 09/03/2003
Series: Historical Dictionaries of Europe , #41
Edition description: Second Edition
Pages: 336
Sales rank: 614,446
Product dimensions: 5.70(w) x 8.78(h) x 1.02(d)

About the Author

George Sanford is a Reader in the Politics Department of Bristol University, United Kingdom. He is a specialist in Eastern European Studies who has published widely on the history and politics of modern Poland.
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