Poland: a country study

by Curtis, Glenn E., (Glenn Eldon)

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Title Statements

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

Summary

Preface: At the end of the 1980s, Poland, like the other countries of Eastern Europe, underwent a rather sudden shift away from communist rule and into an uncertain new world of democracy and economic reform. The events spurred by the repudiation of Poland's last communist regime in 1989 demanded a new and updated version of Poland: A Country Study. Because the emergence of the opposition Solidarity movement in 1980 increased the flow of information from communist Poland, reliable coverage of the 1980s has been possible. Thus, this new treatment of Poland is based on a number of authoritative monographs and a host of scholarly articles. The most useful of those sources are sited in a bibliographic summary at the end of each chapter. The authors of this edition have described changes in the past ten years against the historical, political, and social background of Poland. Particular emphasis falls on the transition period that began in 1989 with the rejection of the last communist government. This period, a historic watershed not yet concluded in 1993, promises to have permanent impact on all aspects of Polish life. The authors have attempted to present a compact, accessible, and unbiased treatment of five main topics: historical setting, society and its environment, the economy, government and politics, and national security.

Edition Statements

Publication Date:1994.
Edition:3rd ed

Publication Statements

Publisher(s):Federal Research Division, Library of Congress, For sale by the Supt. of Docs., U.S. G.P.O
Place of Publication:Washington, D.C
Language:eng
Publication Date:1994.

Notes

"Research completed October 1992."

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

The Physical Object

Description:xlix, 356 pages : : illustrations, maps ; : 24 cm

Edition Identifiers

ISBN:0844408271, 9780844408279
oclc:ocm29548322
LC Classification:DK4040
Dewey Decimal:943.8

Foreword -- Acknowledgments -- Preface -- Chronology Of Important Events -- Country Profile -- Introduction -- 1: Historical Setting / Neal Pease -- Early history until 1385 -- Origins of Poland -- Medieval era -- Integration into European civilization -- Jagiellon era, 1385-1572 -- Polish-Lithuanian union -- Golden age of the sixteenth century -- Noble republic, 1572-1795 -- Elective monarchy -- Deluge, 1648-67 -- Decay of the commonwealth -- Three partitions, 1764-95 -- Partitioned Poland -- Napoleonic period -- Impact of nationalism and romanticism -- Era of national insurrections -- Time of organic work -- Social and political transformation -- Independence Won And Lost, 1914-1915 -- World War I -- Interwar Poland -- World War II -- Polish People's Republic -- Consolidation of communist power -- From Stalinism to the Polish October -- Gathering crisis of people's Poland, 1956-80 -- Birth of solidarity -- Jaruzelski interlude -- 1989 elections and their aftermath -- 2: Society And Its Environment / Glenn E Curtis -- Physical setting -- Topography -- Drainage -- climate -- Environment And Pollution -- Environmental conditions and crises -- Environmental groups -- Government envi…