Poland : the first thousand years /

Dabrowski, Patrice M., 1960-

Poland : the first thousand years / Patrice M. Dabrowski. - DeKalb, Illinois : Northern Illinois Press, (c)2014. - 1 online resource (xxi, 487 pages)

Includes bibliographies and index.

Pronunciation guide -- Part I. Poland in Europe -- Connecting with the West : the Piast Dynasty -- Embracing the East : the Lithuanian connection -- Spreading southward : the Jagiellonian moment in East-Central Europe -- Crafting a center : the commonwealth of both nations -- Part II. The Europe of Poland -- The commonwealth, part I : Sarmatia ascendant -- The commonwealth, Part II : Sarmatia besieged -- The commonwealth, part III : Sarmatia transformed -- Part III. Europe without Poland -- Sarmatia dissolved : "Poland has not yet perished" -- Poles in arms : "For our freedom and for yours" -- Poles are not Iroquois : the nation at work -- Part IV. Poland in Europe and the world -- Phoenix reborn : the Second Republic -- Phoenix ablaze : under Hitler and Stalin -- People's Poland : from Stalinism to Solidarity -- Epilogue: Poland's "return" to Europe.



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