Birth of the intelligentsia 1750-1831. : a history of the Polish Intelligentsia / / Part 1 : / Maciej Janowski ; edited by Jerzy Jedlicki ; translated by Tristan Korecki.

The three-part work provides a first synthetic account of the history of the Polish intelligentsia from the days of its formation to World War I. Part one (1750-1831) traces the formation of the intelligentsia as a social class in the epoch of Enlightenment. It stresses the importance of the birth o...

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Superior document:Geschichte, Erinnerung, Politik, Band 7
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Place / Publishing House:Frankfurt am Main, Germany : : Peter Lang Edition,, 2014.
©2014
Year of Publication:2015
2014
Language:English
Series:Geschichte, Erinnerung, Politik ; Band 7.
Physical Description:1 online resource (276 p.)
Notes:Includes index.
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Summary:The three-part work provides a first synthetic account of the history of the Polish intelligentsia from the days of its formation to World War I. Part one (1750-1831) traces the formation of the intelligentsia as a social class in the epoch of Enlightenment. It stresses the importance of the birth of bureaucratic institutions that created the demand for the educated stratum. It analyses the results of the collapse of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth in 1795 - the ominous event that transformed the political geography of East Central Europe. The work combines social and intellectual history,
ISBN:3653999448
3653049520
ISSN:2191-3528 ;
Access:Open access
Hierarchical level:Monograph
Statement of Responsibility: Maciej Janowski ; edited by Jerzy Jedlicki ; translated by Tristan Korecki.