Poland: a country study

by Curtis, Glenn E., (Glenn Eldon)

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Full title :Poland : a country study / Federal Research Division, Library of Congress ; edited by Glenn E. Curtis.

Edition Statements

Publication Date:1994.
Edition:Third edition

Publication Statements

Publisher(s):Federal Research Division, Library of Congress
Place of Publication:Washington, D.C
Language:eng
Publication Date:1994.

Notes

In LLMC.

Titre de l'écran-titre (visionné le 18 octobre 2012).

"DA Pam 550-162"

"Research completed October 1992."

"Supersedes the 1984 edition of Poland: a country study, edited by Harold D. Nelson"-

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Description:1 ressource en ligne (xlix, 356 pages) : : illustrations, cartes, fichiers PDF.

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oclc:on1132054078
LC Classification:D410.A732
Dewey Decimal:943.8

Early history until 1385. The origins of Poland ; The medieval era ; Integration into European civilization -- The Jagiellon era, 1385-1572. The Polish-Lithuanian union ; The "golden age" of the sixteenth century -- The noble republic, 1572-1795. The elective monarchy ; The deluge, 1648-67 ; Decay of the commonwealth ; The three partitions, 1764-95 -- Partitioned Poland. The Napoleonic period ; The impact of nationalism and Romanticism ; The era of national insurrections ; The time of "organic work" ; Social and political transformation -- Independence won and lost, 1914-45. World War I ; Interwar Poland ; World War II ; The Polish People's Republic . Consolidation of communist power ; From Stalinism to the Polish October ; The gathering crisis of People's Poland, 1956-1980 ; The birth of solidarity ; The Jaruzelski interlude ; The 1989 elections and their aftermath -- Physical setting. Topography ; Drainage ; Climate -- Environment and pollution. Environmental conditions and crises ; Environmental groups ; Government environmental policy -- Demography. Languages ; Population growth and structure ; Population density and distribution -- The social order. Ethnic groups ; The intell…