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Lower Silesia 1936-1956. Rapid Development and Unsuccessful Reconstruction: The Impact of Knowledge on Industrial Production

Dolny Śląsk 1936-1956. Szybki rozwój i nieudana odbudowa. Wpływ wiedzy na produkcję przemysłową

Author(s): Kouli Yaman / Language(s): Polish

Keywords: industrial production; Lower Silesia; economic history; Regained Territories; resettlements; World War II

The author analyzes the development of industry in Lower Silesia in the years of 1936-1956 in the context of the question about the role of knowledge in the production process. He suggests a connection between the collapse of industrial production in the region after 1945 and the displacement of the German population. He shows the results of a loss of information networks, assuming that certain categories of knowledge cannot be "stored" in any other way than through human memory.

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Not Only the Bible. The History of Ancient Israel

Nie tylko Biblia. Historia starożytnego Izraela

Author(s): Mario Liverani / Language(s): Polish

Keywords: ancient history; history of Israel; Bible; ancient Near East

The author presents a new approach to the history of Israel. He distinguishes the history of the Hebrews, which can be reconstructed on the basis of biblical and non-biblical sources, from the mythical history created by the biblical writers, which he analyzes in terms of the role they played in the formation of the religious and national community of Jews in the ancient times.

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Duchy of Warsaw (1807–1815)

Księstwo Warszawskie (1807-1815)

Author(s): Jarosław Czubaty / Language(s): Polish

Keywords: Duchy of Warsaw; Napoleon; Napoleonic Code; economy; modernization; army; legal equality; 19th century; Napoleonic era

A synthesis of the history of the Duchy of Warsaw. The author presents the political history of the Duchy, its role in Napoleon’s geopolitical Empire and the international political relations of that era. He discusses military issues, constitutional solutions and administrative models adopted in the new state, as well as its social problems, cultural, civilizational and mentality-related transformations. The author portrays the political attitudes of Poles living in the discussed period. He analyzes economic matters, especially the economic crisis of the Duchy.

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The Britons

Brytowie

Author(s): Christopher A. Snyder / Language(s): Polish

Keywords: Britain; Brittany; Briton tribes; Briton languages; Middle Ages; antiquity; Anglo-Saxons

A cross-sectional look at the history of the Britons. Based on the analysis of written and archaeological sources, the author systematizes the knowledge on the history of the Britons in pre-Roman, Roman and Medieval periods, and presents the characteristics of social strata, literature, historiography, language, but also religion and the formation mechanism of Church structures.

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The Ethnic Policy of the Czecho-Slovak State Toward Cieszyn Silesia in the Years 1920-1938

Polityka narodowościowa państwa na czechosłowackim Śląsku Cieszyńskim w latach 1920-1938

Author(s): Grzegorz Gąsior / Language(s): Polish

Keywords: Cieszyn Silesia; ethnic minorities; Czechoslovakia; interwar period; policy towards ethnic minorities

Although Czechoslovak legislation gave ethnic minorities liberal laws, the state administration sought to strengthen the position of the Czech nation at the expense of minorities. On the basis of the archival legacy of the Czech government institutions, the author shows the scale of the actions undertaken, which encompassed various areas of social and economic life.

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Forced labor during the First World War. The German policy of controlling the workforce in the occupied Kingdom of Poland and Lithuania in 1914-1918

Praca przymusowa w czasie I wojny światowej. Niemiecka polityka sterowania siłą roboczą w okupowanym Królestwie Polskim i na Litwie 1914-1918

Author(s): Christian Westerhoff / Language(s): Polish

Keywords: First World War; WWI; forced labour; Poland; Lithuania; Germany; occupation policy during WWI

The book deals with the economic history of Polish lands in the period of the First World War. On the basis of an extensive source query, the author analyzed various aspects of the use of labor resources from the occupied areas by the German occupier. The publication broadens the knowledge about the occupation policy of the German authorities in Poland during WWI, significantly different from the policy of WWII, which is much better known.

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Series:Biblioteka Humanisty

Lower Silesia 1936-1956. Rapid Development and Unsuccessful Reconstruction: The Impact of Knowledge on Industrial Production

Dolny Śląsk 1936-1956. Szybki rozwój i nieudana odbudowa. Wpływ wiedzy na produkcję przemysłową

Not Only the Bible. The History of Ancient Israel

Nie tylko Biblia. Historia starożytnego Izraela

Duchy of Warsaw (1807–1815)

Księstwo Warszawskie (1807-1815)

The Britons

Brytowie

The Ethnic Policy of the Czecho-Slovak State Toward Cieszyn Silesia in the Years 1920-1938

Polityka narodowościowa państwa na czechosłowackim Śląsku Cieszyńskim w latach 1920-1938

Forced labor during the First World War. The German policy of controlling the workforce in the occupied Kingdom of Poland and Lithuania in 1914-1918

Praca przymusowa w czasie I wojny światowej. Niemiecka polityka sterowania siłą roboczą w okupowanym Królestwie Polskim i na Litwie 1914-1918