Independence Day : myth, symbol, and the creation of modern Poland / M.B.B. Biskupski.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Biskupski, M. B. B.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Poland--Politics and government--1918-1945.

Poland.

Poland--History.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (217 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2012.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This work provides a discussion of how modern Poland was created by the application and manipulation of myths about its past, and the symbols that represented them.

Contents:

Cover; Contents; Preface; List of Abbreviations; 1. Introduction: The Myths and Symbols of Independence Day; 2. Discovering Independence Day; 3. Contesting a National Myth, 1918-26; 4. Formalization of a Discourse, 1926-35; 5. Independence Day and the Celebration of Piłsudski's Legend, 1935-39; 6. Maintaining a Piłsudskiite Independence Day, 1939-45; 7. Independence Day as Symbol of Protest; 8. The Party in Ideological Chaos; 9. The Function of Independence Day in the Third Republic: Since 1989; 10. Conclusions; Bibliography; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U

VW; Z

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (viewed on Oct. 31, 2012).

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

1-283-63954-8

0-19-163340-2

OCLC:

817820749