Book Review: Polskie wizje Europy w XIX i XX wieku
Book Review: Polskie wizje Europy w XIX i XX wieku

Summary/Abstract: "Polskie wizje Europy w XIX i XX wieku" edited by Krzysztof Ruchniewicz. Texts selected by Peter Oliver Loew. Wrocław: University of Wrocław Press, 2004. Monograph Series on German and European Studies, 6. ISSN 0239-6661. 284 pages. Paper. In Polish. "The role of the land between Germany proper and the Eastern Slavs, of how the character of its people, institutions, and politics made a difference in the broader European context has been only occasionally understood by Western European rulers and political elites. It played a greater role in the imperial and geopolitical thought of Russia, while the Poles themselves have oscillated between an exaggerated sense of their importance and a deep skepticism about their European status.[...]"

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