- Summary
- "Upper Silesia, one of Central Europe's most important industrial borderlands, was at the center of heated conflict between Germany and Poland and experienced annexations and border re-drawings in 1922, 1939, and 1945. In their interaction with--and mutual influence on--one another, political and cultural actors from both nations developed a transnational culture of territorial rivalry. Architecture, spaces of memory, films, museums, folklore, language policy, mass rallies, and archeological digs were some of the means they used to give the borderland a 'German'/'Polish' face. Representative of the wider politics of twentieth-century Europe, the situation in Upper Silesia played a critical role in the making of history's most violent and uprooting eras, 1939-1950"--Provided by publisher.
- Format
- Book
- Author/Creator
- Polak-Springer, Peter, author.
- Published
- New York : Berghahn Books, 2015
- Locale
- Silesia, Upper (Poland and Czech Republic)
Germany
Poland
- Contents
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The making of a contested borderland, 1871-1939
A transnational tradition of border rallies, 1922-34
Acculturating an industrial borderland, 1926-39
Giving "Polish Silesia" a "German" face, 1939-45
Recovering "Polish Silesia," 1945-56
Epilogue: From revisionism to Ostpolitik and beyond.
- Notes
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 253-268) and index.
The making of a contested borderland, 1871-1939 -- A transnational tradition of border rallies, 1922-34 -- Acculturating an industrial borderland, 1926-39 -- Giving "Polish Silesia" a "German" face, 1939-45 -- Recovering "Polish Silesia," 1945-56 -- Epilogue: From revisionism to Ostpolitik and beyond.
