| God's Playground: A History of Poland: The Origins to 1795, Vol. 1 Revised Edition Contributor(s): Davies, Norman (Author) |
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ISBN: 0231128177 ISBN-13: 9780231128179 Publisher: Columbia University Press OUR PRICE: $37.62 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: May 2005 Annotation: The most comprehensive survey of Polish history available in English, "God's Playground" demonstrates Poland's importance in European history from medieval times to the present. Abandoning the traditional nationalist approach to Polish history, Norman Davies instead stresses the country's rich multinational heritage and places the development of the Jewish German, Ukrainian, and Lithuanian communities firmly within the Polish context. Davies emphasizes the cultural history of Poland through a presentation of extensive poetical, literary, and documentary texts in English translation. In each volume, chronological chapters of political narrative are interspersed with essays on religious, social, economic, constitutional, philosophical, and diplomatic themes. This new edition has been revised and fully updated with two new chapters to bring the story to the end of the twentieth century. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | Eastern Europe - General |
| Dewey: 943.8 |
| LCCN: 81010241 |
| Series: God's Playground: A History of Poland |
| Physical Information: 1.1" H x 6.1" W x 9.2" (1.58 lbs) 638 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Eastern Europe |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: The most comprehensive survey of Polish history available in English, God's Playground demonstrates Poland's importance in European history from medieval times to the present. Abandoning the traditional nationalist approach to Polish history, Norman Davies instead stresses the country's rich multinational heritage and places the development of the Jewish German, Ukrainian, and Lithuanian communities firmly within the Polish context. Davies emphasizes the cultural history of Poland through a presentation of extensive poetical, literary, and documentary texts in English translation. In each volume, chronological chapters of political narrative are interspersed with essays on religious, social, economic, constitutional, philosophical, and diplomatic themes. This new edition has been revised and fully updated with two new chapters to bring the story to the end of the twentieth century. |