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The clash of moral nations : cultural politics in Pisudski's Poland, 1926-1935 / Eva Plach.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Plach, Eva, 1969-
- Series:
- Ohio University Press Polish and Polish-American studies series.
- Ohio University Press Polish and Polish-American studies series
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Politics and culture--Poland.
- Politics and culture.
- Political culture--Poland.
- Political culture.
- Poland--Politics and government--1918-1945.
- Poland.
- Poland--Intellectual life--1918-1945.
- Pisudski, Jozef, 1867-1935.
- Pisudski, Jozef.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (272 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Athens, Ohio : Ohio University Press, c2006.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- The May 1926 coup d'état in Poland inaugurated what has become known as the period of sanacja or "cleansing." The event has been explored in terms of the impact that it had on state structures and political styles. But for both supporters and opponents of the post-May regime, the sanacja was a catalyst for debate about Polish national identity, about citizenship and responsibility to the nation, and about postwar sexual morality and modern gender identities. The Clash of Moral Nations is a study of the political culture of interwar Poland, as reflected in and by the coup. Eva Plach shifts th
- Contents:
- ""Cover""; ""Half title""; ""Title""; ""Copyright""; ""Dedication""; ""Contents""; ""Series Editorâ€?s Preface""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""Abbreviations""; ""Guide to Pronunciation""; ""Introduction Three Days That Shook the Republic, May 12â€?15, 1926""; ""1. Polandâ€?s Postwar Moral Panic""; ""2. Poland Writes to PiÅ?sudski""; ""3. Building the Army of Moral Action""; ""4. Womenâ€?s Activism during the Sanacja Period""; ""5. The Play-Boy in the Sanacja Nation""; ""6. Assessing the Spring of Miracles""; ""Notes""; ""Bibliography""; ""Index""
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [165]-256) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780821442111
- 0821442112
- OCLC:
- 905463001
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