History: History of Poland (A)

About HST 2750 A

History of the Polish people and Polish state from the tenth century to the present. Strong emphasis on the twentieth century. Prerequisite: Three hours of History.

Notes

Prereq: 3 hours History PACE students with permission and override

Section Description

This course traces developments in the history of Poland and the Polish people from the origins of the Polish state in the tenth century to the present. The first part of the course will consider political and cultural developments in this growing and powerful state, the "golden age" of the Polish renaissance, and the causes of Poland's disappearance from the map of Europe in the late eighteenth century. The majority of the course, however, will be devoted to Poland's role at the crossroads of the continent in the last 100 years–a role that placed Poland amid two world wars, the Holocaust, Soviet domination, and the anti-communist revolutionary movements of the 1980s. It is a history of nationalism and multiculturalism, tragedy and triumph, oppression and liberation.

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