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1795 to the Present Revised Edition
Contributor(s): Davies, Norman (Author)

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 ISBN: 0231128193     ISBN-13: 9780231128193
Publisher: Columbia University Press
OUR PRICE: $39.90  

Binding Type: Paperback
Published: April 2005
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Annotation: The most comprehensive survey of Polish history available in English, "God's Playground" demonstrates Poland's importance in European history from medieval times to the present. Abandoning the traditional nationalist approach to Polish history, Norman Davies instead stresses the country's rich multinational heritage and places the development of the Jewish German, Ukrainian, and Lithuanian communities firmly within the Polish context.

Davies emphasizes the cultural history of Poland through a presentation of extensive poetical, literary, and documentary texts in English translation. In each volume, chronological chapters of political narrative are interspersed with essays on religious, social, economic, constitutional, philosophical, and diplomatic themes.

This new edition has been revised and fully updated with two new chapters to bring the story to the end of the twentieth century.

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Additional Information
BISAC Categories:
- History | Eastern Europe - General
Dewey: 943.8
LCCN: 2005041364
Age Level: 22-UP
Grade Level: 17-UP
Series: God's Playground: A History of Poland
Physical Information: 1.5" H x 6.1" W x 9.2" L (2.00 lbs) 591 pages
Themes:
- Cultural Region - Eastern Europe
Features: Bibliography, Illustrated, Index, Maps, Price on Product, Table of Contents
 
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Publisher Description:
The most comprehensive survey of Polish history available in English, God's Playground demonstrates Poland's importance in European history from medieval times to the present. Abandoning the traditional nationalist approach to Polish history, Norman Davies instead stresses the country's rich multinational heritage and places the development of the Jewish German, Ukrainian, and Lithuanian communities firmly within the Polish context.

Davies emphasizes the cultural history of Poland through a presentation of extensive poetical, literary, and documentary texts in English translation. In each volume, chronological chapters of political narrative are interspersed with essays on religious, social, economic, constitutional, philosophical, and diplomatic themes.

This new edition has been revised and fully updated with two new chapters to bring the story to the end of the twentieth century.
 
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