Format:
XXI, 280 Seiten
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Illustrationen, Karten
ISBN:
1782388877
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9781782388876
Content:
"Upper Silesia, one of Central Europe's most important industrial borderlands, was at the center of heated conflict between Germany and Poland and experienced annexations and border re-drawings in 1922, 1939, and 1945. In their interaction with--and mutual influence on--one another, political and cultural actors from both nations developed a transnational culture of territorial rivalry. Architecture, spaces of memory, films, museums, folklore, language policy, mass rallies, and archeological digs were some of the means they used to give the borderland a 'German'/'Polish' face. Representative of the wider politics of twentieth-century Europe, the situation in Upper Silesia played a critical role in the making of history's most violent and uprooting eras, 1939-1950"--Provided by publisher
Content:
"From 1919 to 1989, the borderland of Upper Silesia, one of Central Europe's most important industrial regions, was at the center of a conflict between Germany and Poland. In their interaction with--and mutual influence on--one another, political and cultural actors from both nations developed a transnational culture of territorial rivalry. Architecture, spaces of memory, films, radio auditions, museums, folklore, language policy, mass rallies, and archeological digs marked just some of the features that gave the borderland a 'German'/'Polish' face. This case, representative of the wider politics of twentieth-century Europe, played a critical role in one of history's most violent and uprooting eras"--Provided by publisher
Note:
Literaturverzeichnis: Seite 253-268. - Index
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1. The making of a contested borderland, 1871-1939 -- 2. A transnational tradition of border rallies, 1922-34 -- 3. Acculturating an industrial borderland, 1926-39 -- 4. Giving "Polish Silesia" a "German" face, 1939-45 -- 5. Recovering "Polish Silesia," 1945-56 -- Epilogue: From revisionism to Ostpolitik and beyond.
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9781782388883
Language:
English
Subjects:
History
Keywords:
Deutschland
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Polen
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Oberschlesien
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Politischer Konflikt
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Geschichte 1919-1989
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Deutschland
;
Polen
;
Oberschlesien
;
Politischer Konflikt
;
Geschichte 1919-1989
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Deutschland
;
Polen
;
Oberschlesien
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Grenze
;
Politischer Konflikt
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Geschichte 1919-1989
Author information:
Polak-Springer, Peter
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