Naukowiec na kwerendzie. Listy Ludwika Krzywickiego z Londynu do żony
A scholar on a research visit. Ludwik Krzywicki’s letters from London to his wife

Summary/Abstract: The article examines the letters of Ludwik Krzywicki (1859–1941) – Polish sociologist, a socialist movement activist and a community worker – to his wife Rachel, nee Feldberg (1863/4–1924). The letters were written in London in July and August 1895 when he did research in the British Museum Library. They show that mid-90s of the 19th century were the time when Krzywicki made a final decision to dedicate himself to academic work and to start research on his monumental book – Horda pierwotna [Primordial Horde], published posthumously as Pierwociny więzi społecznej [The Rudiments of a Social Bond]. It was also the period of strengthening of the model of a marriage contracted for ideological reasons: amicable life, concerted action to promote democratic social order as well as of the establishing a model of everyday life: modest, regular, busy and subordinated to science. The major events of the decade were the birth of his two sons: Aleksander (1887–1971) and Jerzy (1896–1940).

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