The politics of nationalism in the Polish-German borderland

Authors

  • Krzysztof Jaskułowski SWPS Uniwersytet Humanistycznospołeczny [SWPS University of Social Sciences and Humanities], Warsaw , SWPS Uniwersytet Humanistycznospołeczny [SWPS University of Social Sciences and Humanities], Warszawa https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8061-0110 (unauthenticated)

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.11649/sn.1711

Keywords:

nation, borderlands, Poland, Germany

Abstract

The review discusses the book by John D. Kulczycki on the politics of national homogenization in the Third Reich and in post-war Poland in the Polish-German borderlands. Kulczycki’s book presents a comprehensive and well-structured analysis of the nationalising policies in the entire Polish-German borderland. Referring to the rich literature and primary sources, the author examines the main tenets of the Third Reich and Poland’s post-war politics, their local implementation and the similarities and differences between policies in various regions. It is argued that is a very successful and valuable syn- thesis. The great merit of the book is that it is based on clear and solid theoretical premises.

References

Kulczycki, J. D. (2016). Belonging to the nation: Inclusion and exclusion in the Polish-German borderlands 1939–1951. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press. https://doi. org/10.4159/9780674969551 DOI: https://doi.org/10.4159/9780674969551

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Published

2018-12-31

Issue

No. 50 (2018): Dyskursy edukacji historycznej [Discourses of historical education]

Section

Book Reviews

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Copyright (c) 2018 Krzysztof Jaskułowski

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