InhaltsangabeList of Figures vi Acknowledgments ix Pronunciation Guide x Introduction 1 1 Poles without Poland, 1795-1918 6 2 The Political Landscape at the Start of the 20th Century 43 3 Nation and/or Revolution, 1914-22 65 4 The Ambivalence of Democracy and Authority, 1922-39 90 5 Hyperinflation and Depression: The Interwar Period 105 6 Jews, Ukrainians, and Other Poles in the Interwar Period 126 7 World War II, 1939-45 144 8 Conquest or Revolution? 1945-56 186 9 The Year 1956 and the Rise of National Communism 231 10 Communism and Consumerism 258 11 The End of the PRL, 1976-89 285 12 Shock Therapy 328 13 Politics in the Third Republic 348 Index 367

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