UID:
almahu_9949702676302882
Format:
1 online resource.
ISBN:
9783657791835
,
9783506791832
Series Statement:
Schöningh and Fink History: Early Modern and Modern History E-Books Online, Collection 2021, ISBN: 9783657100248
Content:
Beata Halicka's masterly narrated biography is the story of an extraordinary man and leading intellectual in the Polish-American community. Z. Anthony Kruszewski was first a Polish scout fighting in World War II against the Nazi occupiers, then a Prisoner of War/Displaced Person in Western Europe. He was stranded as a penniless immigrant in post-war America and eventually became a world-renowned academic. Kruszewski's almost incredible life stands out from his entire generation. His story is a microcosm of 20th-century history, covering various theatres and incorporating key events and individuals. Kruszewski walks a stage very few people have even stood on, both as an eye-witness at the centre of the Second World War, and later as vice-president of the Polish American Congress, and a professor and political scientist at world-class universities in the USA. Not only did he become a pioneer and a leading figure in Borderland Studies, but he is a borderlander in every sense of the word.
Additional Edition:
Print version: Borderlands Biography : Z. Anthony Kruszewski in Wartime Europe and Postwar America. Paderborn : Brill | Schöningh, 2021 ISBN 9783506791832
Language:
English
Keywords:
Biografie
;
Biography
URL:
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