Poland from Partitions to EU Accession: A Modern Economic History, 1772-2004

by Piotr Koryś

Book Overview

This book surveys Poland's move from being a post-feudal, backward, peripheral country to being a modern, capitalist, European state: from the partition of the commonwealth of Poland and Lithuania to the abolishment of 'second serfdom'; late industrialization to state socialism; post-partition fragmentation to post-Second World War westward dislocation; and from the 'Solidarnośc' movement to accession into the European Union.

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• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3319971255
• ISBN13: 9783319971254
• Release Date: December 2018
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 390 Pages
• Weight: 1.77 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 5.8" x 8.3"