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Record Nr.

UNINA9910782090403321

Autore

Plach Eva <1969->

Titolo

The clash of moral nations [[electronic resource] ] : cultural politics in Piłsudski's Poland, 1926-1935 / / Eva Plach

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Athens, Ohio, : Ohio University Press, c2006

ISBN

0-8214-4211-2

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (272 p.)

Collana

Ohio University Press Polish and Polish-American studies series

Disciplina

943.8/04

Soggetti

Politics and culture - Poland

Political culture - Poland

Poland Politics and government 1918-1945

Poland Intellectual life 1918-1945

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [165]-256) and index.

Nota di contenuto

""Cover""; ""Half title""; ""Title""; ""Copyright""; ""Dedication""; ""Contents""; ""Series Editorâ€?s Preface""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""Abbreviations""; ""Guide to Pronunciation""; ""Introduction Three Days That Shook the Republic, May 12â€?15, 1926""; ""1. Polandâ€?s Postwar Moral Panic""; ""2. Poland Writes to PiÅ?sudski""; ""3. Building the Army of Moral Action""; ""4. Womenâ€?s Activism during the Sanacja Period""; ""5. The Play-Boy in the Sanacja Nation""; ""6. Assessing the Spring of Miracles""; ""Notes""; ""Bibliography""; ""Index""

Sommario/riassunto

The May 1926 coup d'état in Poland inaugurated what has become known as the period of sanacja or "cleansing." The event has been explored in terms of the impact that it had on state structures and political styles. But for both supporters and opponents of the post-May regime, the sanacja was a catalyst for debate about Polish national identity, about citizenship and responsibility to the nation, and about postwar sexual morality and modern gender identities.  The Clash of Moral Nations is a study of the political culture of interwar Poland, as reflected in and by the coup. Eva Plach shifts th