The West and Poland : essays on governmental and public responses to the Polish national movement, 1861-1864 / John F. Kutolowski.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Kutolowski, John F., 1931-

Series:

East European monographs ; no. 548.

East European monographs ; no. 548

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Nationalism--Poland--History--19th century.

Nationalism.

History.

Poland--Politics and government--1796-1918.

Poland.

Politics and government.

Poland--Foreign public opinion.

Physical Description:

xvii, 338 pages ; 23 cm.

Place of Publication:

Boulder : East European Monographs ; New York : Distributed by Columbia University Press, 2000.

Summary:

The book explores the mechanism of public responses, especially the role of Polish propaganda. From the battlefields of Poland, Poles influenced foreign correspondence and their informational network colored reports coming out of news agencies, such as Rueters. This emphasis counters the accepted views of historians of 19th century Britain who maintain that public opinion emanated in knee-jerk fashion from circumstances and events of the times.

Contents:

Part I Great Britain

1. The Dilemma of British Polish Policy, 1861-64 1

2. Polish Exiles and British Public Opinion: A Case Study of 1861-62 57

3. Mid-Victorian Public Opinion, Polish Propaganda, and the Uprising of 1863 85

4. English Radicals and the Polish Insurrection of 1863-4 117

5. Mid-Victorian Religious Attitudes and the Polish January Uprising 153

6. British Economic Interests and the Polish Insurrection of 1861-64 183

7. Victorian Provincial Businessmen and Foreign Affairs: The Case of the Polish Insurrection of 1863-64 215

Part II France, America

8. The Hero Frustrated: Napoleon III and the Polish Question, 1861-63 243

9. The Effect of the Polish Insurrection of 1863 on American Civil War. Diplomacy 293.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [313]-338)

ISBN:

0880334460

OCLC:

44940924