Kryzys ziemiaństwa w Galicji Wschodniej na przełomie XIX i XX wieku (do 1914 roku)
The landowners’ crisis in Eastern Galicia at the turn of the 19th and 20th century

Summary/Abstract: At the turn of the 20th century, a large number of landowners in Eastern Galicia experienced a deep crisis, which resulted from economic problems as well as from social and political conflicts inspired by civilizational changes occurring at the time. In addition to the economic crisis and the peasant and socialist movement, the growing Ukrainian national movement was a prominent source of landowners’ problems. The fear of losing political and material advantage in Eastern Galicia determined the attitude of local Polish landowners towards Ukrainians. The article discusses both social and political circumstances that have influenced the crisis, as well as the condition the landowners have found themselves in and their attempts to overcome growing difficulties.

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