Patrons of history : nobility, capital and political transitions in Poland / Longina Jakubowska.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Jakubowska, Longina.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Gentry--Poland--History.

Gentry.

Nobility--Poland--History.

Nobility.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (249 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Burlington, Vt. : Ashgate, 2012.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Drawing on rich interview material spanning fifteen years, Patrons of History sheds light not only on communism as it existed and the stratification that persisted under such regimes, but also on the functioning of relationships of power and the ways in which privilege can be studied in the contemporary world. As such, this book will appeal to anthropologists, sociologists, ethnographers and historians interested in cultural and social capital, inequality and resistance.

Contents:

Cover; Contents; List of Figures; Preface; 1 The Class that Would Not Perish; 2 Historical Capital; 4 Land Reform and the Dismantling of a Class; 5 On Trial: 1947-1956; 6 Noble Silence: Public Discourse, Private Lives; 7 The Endurance of Prestige; References; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

1-315-59974-0

1-317-08311-3

1-317-08310-5

1-280-67759-7

9786613654526

1-4094-4374-4

9781315599748

OCLC:

795120341