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Record Nr.

UNINA9910813740203321

Autore

Dabrowski Patrice M. <1960->

Titolo

Commemorations and the shaping of modern Poland / / Patrice M. Dabrowski

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Bloomington, : Indiana University Press, c2004

ISBN

0-253-11028-9

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (332 p.)

Disciplina

320.54/09438/09034

Soggetti

Poland History 1864-1918

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. [283]-303) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Polish phoenix : the Kraszewski jubilee of 1879 -- The relief of Vienna, 1683-1883 : celebrating victory -- Eloquent ashes : the translation of Adam Mickiewicz's remains -- "Poland has not yet perished" : from the Third of May to the Kosciuszko Insurrection -- Bronzing the bard : the Mickiewicz monuments of 1898 -- Teutons versus Slavs? : commemorating the battle of Grunwald -- Poles in arms : insurrectionary legacies.

Sommario/riassunto

""This book represents the most sophisticated historiographical                approach to understanding nation-building. Patrice Dabrowski demonstrates tremendous                erudition... making brilliant use of contemporary newspapers and journals, as well                as archival material."" -- Larry Wolff, Boston College, author of Inventing                Eastern EuropePatrice M. Dabrowski investigates the                nation-building activities of Poles during the decades preceding World War I, when                the stateless Poles were minorities within the empires of