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Jadwiga Lechicka
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The Story of an Architect King
In this book the author explores the representational strategies of the modern period and their relation to political life through the story of Stanislas Leszczynski, architect king and roi bienfaisant, 'a king that does good'. The ingredients of his story are compelling. They include: an exiled king (who makes a cameo appearance in Voltaire's Candide and corresponds with Rousseau); a collection of writings that include aphorisms, political treatises, and a utopian novel; gardens that include a grotto of eighty-six life-size automata and an experimental village of courtiers; and architecture and landscapes that traverse the contested boundaries of central Europe, imaginary constructions of t...
God's Playground A History of Poland
This new edition of Norman Davies's classic study of the history of Poland has been revised and fully updated with two new chapters to bring the story to the end of the twentieth century. The writing of Polish history, like Poland itself, has frequently fallen prey to interested parties. Professor Norman Davies adopts a sceptical stance towards all existing interpretations and attempts to bring a strong dose of common sense to his theme. He presents the most comprehensive survey in English of this frequently maligned and usually misunderstood country.
Captive University
This comparative history of the higher education systems in Poland, East Germany, and the Czech lands reveals an unexpected diversity within East European stalinism. With information gleaned from archives in each of these places, John Connelly offers a valuable case study showing how totalitarian states adapt their policies to the contours of the societies they rule. The Communist dictum that universities be purged of "bourgeois elements" was accomplished most fully in East Germany, where more and more students came from worker and peasant backgrounds. But the Polish Party kept potentially disloyal professors on the job in the futile hope that they would train a new intelligentsia, and Czech...
The Lands of Partitioned Poland, 1795-1918
The Lands of Partitioned Poland, 1795-1918 comprehensively covers an important, complex, and controversial period in the history of Poland and East Central Europe, beginning in 1795 when the remnanst of the Polish Commonwealth were distributed among Prussia, Austria, and Russia, and culminating in 1918 with the re-establishment of an independent Polish state. Until this thorough and authoritative study, literature on the subject in English has been limited to a few chapters in multiauthored works. Chronologically, Wandycz traces the histories of the lands under Prussian, Austrian, and Russian rule, pointing out their divergent evolution as well as the threads that bound them together. The result is a balanced, comprehensive picture of the social, political, economic, and cultural developments of all nationalities inhabiting the land of the old commonwealth, rather than a limited history of one state (Poland) and one people (the Poles).
Archiwum Uniwersytetu Mikołaja Kopernika w Toruniu. Informator o zasobie archiwalnym
Archiwum Uniwersytetu Mikołaja Kopernika w Toruniu: informator o zasobie archiwalnym to pierwsze kompleksowe opracowanie zasobu uniwersyteckiej składnicy akt, przygotowane przez pracowników Archiwum w związku z obchodzonym w roku 2018 jubileuszem siedemdziesięciolecia instytucji. Informator powstał z myślą o użytkownikach, którzy dzięki zawartym w nim informacjom i szczegółowym indeksom będą mogli samodzielnie prowadzić poszukiwania źródłowe. Archiwum gromadzi dokumentację wytworzoną w trakcie działalności Uniwersytetu Mikołaja Kopernika oraz spuścizny po członkach społeczności akademickiej; wszystkie te materiały tworzą jeden zespół archiwalny podzielony na p...
Józef Wybicki
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Zapiski historyczne
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