Format:
1 Online-Ressource (XXII, 391 Seiten)
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ISBN:
9783657791835
Series Statement:
Schöningh and Fink History: Early Modern and Modern History E-Books Online, Collection 2021, ISBN: 9783657100248
Uniform Title:
Życie na pograniczach: Zbigniew Anthony Kruszewski
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
Note:
Literaturverzeichnis: 359-380
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9783506791832
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe Halicka, Beata, 1972 - Borderlands Biography Paderborn : Brill Schöningh, 2021 ISBN 9783506791832
Additional Edition:
ISBN 3506791834
Language:
English
Subjects:
History
Keywords:
Kruszewski, Z. Anthony 1928-
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Biography
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Biografie
DOI:
10.30965/9783657791835
Author information:
Halicka, Beata 1972-
