{"product_id":"poland-in-the-modern-world-9781444332193","title":"Poland in the Modern World","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003ePoland in the Modern World\u003c\/i\u003e presents a history of the country from the late nineteenth century to the present, incorporating new perspectives from social and cultural history and positioning it in a broad global context\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eChallenges traditional accounts Poland that tend to focus on national, political history, emphasizing the country's 'exceptionalism'.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003ePresents a lively, multi-dimensional story, balancing coverage of high politics with discussion of social, cultural and economic changes, and their effects on individuals' daily lives.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eExplores both the regional diversity within Poland and the country's place within Europe and the wider world.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eProvides a new interpretive framework for understanding key historical events in Poland's modern history, including the experiences of World War II and the postwar communist era.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBrian Porter-Sz?cs\u003c\/b\u003e is Professor of History at the University of Michigan, where he has taught since 1994. He is the author of \u003ci\u003eFaith and Fatherland: Catholicism, Modernity, and Poland\u003c\/i\u003e (2011) and \u003ci\u003eWhen Nationalism Began to Hate: Imagining Modern Politics in Nineteenth-Century Poland\u003c\/i\u003e (2000). He is also the co-editor, with Bruce Berglund, of \u003ci\u003eChristianity and Modernity in Eastern Europe\u003c\/i\u003e (2010).\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Wiley-Blackwell","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50850293874962,"sku":"9781444332193","price":47.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_4f0bea1a-9c95-4236-93aa-8a9e70928718.jpg?v=1737409555","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/poland-in-the-modern-world-9781444332193","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}