Describes how the borderland of Upper Silesia was at the centre of a conflict between Germany and Poland between 1919 and 1989. Explains how, in their interaction with - and mutual influence on - one another, political and cultural actors from both nations developed a transnational culture of territorial rivalry. Describes how this rivalry played a critical role in one of history's most violent and uprooting eras.
Describes how the borderland of Upper Silesia was at the centre of a conflict between Germany and Poland between 1919 and 1989. Explains how, in their interaction with - and mutual influence on - one another, political and cultural actors from both nations developed a transnational culture of territorial rivalry. Describes how this rivalry played a critical role in one of history's most violent and uprooting eras.
Peter Polak-Springer is an assistant professor of modern and contemporary history at Qatar University. His major interests are in cultural, transnational, and comparative history, as well as borderlands, nationalism, and the 20th century. His more recent research focuses on nationalism after World War I in Central Europe and the Middle East.
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List of Illustrations Acknowledgements Note on Place Names, Translations, and Labels List of Abbreviations Maps Introduction Chapter 1. The Making of a Contested Borderland, 1871-1939 Chapter 2. A Transnational Tradition of Border Rallies, 1922-1939 Chapter 3. Acculturating an Industrial Borderland, 1922-1934 Chapter 4. Giving "Polish Silesia" a "German" Face, 1939-1945 Chapter 5. Recovering "Polish Silesia," 1945-1956 Epilogue: From Revisionism to Ostpolitik and Beyond Bibliography
List of Illustrations Acknowledgements Note on Place Names, Translations, and Labels List of Abbreviations Maps Introduction Chapter 1. The Making of a Contested Borderland, 1871-1939 Chapter 2. A Transnational Tradition of Border Rallies, 1922-1939 Chapter 3. Acculturating an Industrial Borderland, 1922-1934 Chapter 4. Giving "Polish Silesia" a "German" Face, 1939-1945 Chapter 5. Recovering "Polish Silesia," 1945-1956 Epilogue: From Revisionism to Ostpolitik and Beyond Bibliography
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