The Poles in Britain, 1940-2000 [[electronic resource] ] : from betrayal to assimilation / / editor, Peter D. Stachura

• Autore: Stachura Peter D
• Pubblicazione: London ; ; Portland, OR, : Frank Cass, 2004
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (141 p.)
• Disciplina: 941/.0049185
• Soggetto topico: Polish people - Great Britain - History - 20th century; Immigrants - Great Britain - History - 20th century
• Soggetto geografico: Great Britain Ethnic relations History 20th century
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: THE POLES IN BRITAIN 1940-2000 From Betrayal to Assimilation; Copyright; Contents; Foreword; Acknowledgements; Notes on Contributors; List of Plates; Abbreviations; 1 Introduction; 2 Towards and Beyond Yalta; 3 The Establishment of the Polish Section of the SOE; 4 The Government of the Republic of Poland in Exile, 1945-92; 5 The Poles in Scotland, 1940-50; 6 General Stanisław Maczek and Post-war Britain; 7 Homeland Memories and the Polish Community in Leicester; 8 Oral History and Polish Émigrés in Britain; 9 The Polish Institute and Sikorski Museum and its Archival Holdings; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: Stachura provides an important, original analysis of the Polish community in the United Kingdom, adding up to a provocative interpretation of the Pole's position in British society. The chapters add to our understanding of the significant Polish military effort alongside the Allies in defeating Nazi Germany, while the appalling price the Poles paid at the end of the war at the Yalta Conference is accentuated. This crass and wholly unjustified betrayal of the cause of a free Poland by the Allies resulted directly in the formation of a large Polish community in Britain.
• Titolo autorizzato: The Poles in Britain, 1940-2000
• ISBN: 1-135-75636-8; 9786610239610; 1-280-23961-1; 0-203-50664-2
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910783959103321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II