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Recovered territory : a German-Polish conflict over land and culture, 1919-89 / by Peter Polak-Springer.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Polak-Springer, Peter, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Borderlands--Germany--History--20th century.
- Borderlands.
- Borderlands--Poland--History--20th century.
- Transnationalism--Political aspects--Germany--History--20th century.
- Transnationalism.
- Transnationalism--Political aspects--Poland--History--20th century.
- Silesia, Upper (Poland and Czech Republic)--Politics and government--20th century.
- Silesia, Upper (Poland and Czech Republic).
- Silesia, Upper (Poland and Czech Republic)--Ethnic relations--History--20th century.
- Silesia, Upper (Poland and Czech Republic)--Social life and customs--20th century.
- Silesia, Upper (Poland and Czech Republic)--Intellectual life--20th century.
- Germany--Boundaries--Poland.
- Germany.
- Poland--Boundaries--Germany.
- Poland.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (302 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- New York, [New York] : Berghahn Books, 2015.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- "Upper Silesia, one of Central Europe's most important industrial borderlands, was at the center of heated conflict between Germany and Poland and experienced annexations and border re-drawings in 1922, 1939, and 1945. In their interaction with--and mutual influence on--one another, political and cultural actors from both nations developed a transnational culture of territorial rivalry. Architecture, spaces of memory, films, museums, folklore, language policy, mass rallies, and archeological digs were some of the means they used to give the borderland a 'German'/'Polish' face. Representative of the wider politics of twentieth-century Europe, the situation in Upper Silesia played a critical role in the making of history's most violent and uprooting eras, 1939-1950"--Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- The making of a contested borderland, 1871-1939
- A transnational tradition of border rallies, 1922-34
- Acculturating an industrial borderland, 1926-39
- Giving "Polish Silesia" a "German" face, 1939-45
- Recovering "Polish Silesia," 1945-56
- Epilogue: From revisionism to Ostpolitik and beyond.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 9781782388883
- 1782388885
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