Między afirmacją a dyskredytacją. O rzeczowy obraz Ziem Wschodnich II RP
Between Affirmation and Discrediting. For A Concrete Image of the Eastern Lands of the Second Polish Republic
Author(s): Tomasz StryjekSubject(s): Review, Political history, Social history, Government/Political systems, International relations/trade, Pre-WW I & WW I (1900 -1919), Interwar Period (1920 - 1939), Ethnic Minorities Studies
Published by: Instytut Historii im. Tadeusza Manteuffla Polskiej Akademii Nauk
Keywords: Eastern Territories of the Second Polish Republic; Eastern Borderlands; social history; national minorities; modernization; colonialism; post-colonial theory;
Summary/Abstract: The book Kresowy kalejdoskop (Kaleidoscopic Borderlands) by Włodzimierz Mędrzecki deals with social processes, and national and ethnic changes in the eastern territories of the Second Polish Republic as well as the state policy towards them. In his assessment of this policy, the author managed to avoid national bias as well as teleology and presentism. Mędrzecki did not refer to the model of colonialism in the interpretation of Polish rule in the Eastern Borderlands throughout the interwar period. His book, however, offers material for reflection on the relevance of this model to the history of Poland’s relations with its eastern neighbours.
Journal: Kwartalnik Historyczny
- Issue Year: 127/2020
- Issue No: 1
- Page Range: 155-167
- Page Count: 13
- Language: Polish
