num_pages: 472
description: 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 remnants 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).
language: English
title: The Lands of Partitioned Poland, 1795-1918 (History of East Central Europe)
titlecomplete: The Lands of Partitioned Poland, 1795-1918 (History of East Central Europe) (English and Polish Edition)
characters: Aleksander Wielopolski, Napoléon Bonaparte, Jan Henryk Dąbrowski, Adam Jerzy Czartoryski, Józef Piłsudski, Alexander I of Russia, Adam Mickiewicz, Joachim Lelewel
genres: European History, Poland, History
ratings_count: 14
series: A History of East Central Europe
publisher: University of Washington Press