Borderlands Biography : Z. Anthony Kruszewski in Wartime Europe and Postwar America / Beata Halicka

Beata Halicka's masterly narrated biography is the story of an extraordinary man and leading intellectual in the Polish-American community. Z. Anthony Kruszewski was first a Polish scout fighting in World War II against the Nazi occupiers, then a Prisoner of War/Displaced Person in Western Euro...

Full description

Saved in:
Bibliographic Details
VerfasserIn:
Year of Publication:2021
Edition:1st ed.
Language:English
Physical Description:1 online resource.
Tags: Add Tag
No Tags, Be the first to tag this record!
id 993584197104498
ctrlnum (CKB)5600000000055294
(nllekb)BRILL9783657791835
(Brill | Schöningh)9783657791835
(EXLCZ)995600000000055294
collection bib_alma
record_format marc
spelling Halicka, Beata aut
Borderlands Biography Z. Anthony Kruszewski in Wartime Europe and Postwar America Beata Halicka
1st ed.
Paderborn Brill | Schöningh 2021
1 online resource.
text txt rdacontent
computer c rdamedia
online resource rdacarrier
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Beata Halicka's masterly narrated biography is the story of an extraordinary man and leading intellectual in the Polish-American community. Z. Anthony Kruszewski was first a Polish scout fighting in World War II against the Nazi occupiers, then a Prisoner of War/Displaced Person in Western Europe. He was stranded as a penniless immigrant in post-war America and eventually became a world-renowned academic. Kruszewski's almost incredible life stands out from his entire generation. His story is a microcosm of 20th-century history, covering various theatres and incorporating key events and individuals. Kruszewski walks a stage very few people have even stood on, both as an eye-witness at the centre of the Second World War, and later as vice-president of the Polish American Congress, and a professor and political scientist at world-class universities in the USA. Not only did he become a pioneer and a leading figure in Borderland Studies, but he is a borderlander in every sense of the word.
Beata Halicka is a Professor of Contemporary History at the Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań (Poland). She lectured at the European University Viadrina in Frankfurt (Oder), Germany, between 2006 and 2014, and was a Visiting Professor at the universities in Calgary (2014), Chicago (2015) und in 2016 in El Paso (USA). Her research interests include nationalism, forced migrations, constructions of identities in border regions, collective memory, German-Polish relations, and Polish diaspora in the world.
English translation of the Polish orignal titled Życie na pograniczach: Zbigniew Anthony Kruszewski: biografia.
roots
identity
World War II
Central and Eastern Europe
immigration
integration
Zweiter Weltkrieg
Holocaust
Immigration
Migration
Polnische Diaspora
Polish Diaspora
Poland. fast (OCoLC)fst01206891 https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39QbtfRgyP3qcDKmj68x7FVbM
United States. fast (OCoLC)fst01204155 https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39PBJtxgQXMWqmjMjjwXRHgrq
Biography
Biographies. fast (OCoLC)fst01919896
Biographies. lcgft
Biographies. rvmgf
Kruszewski, Z. Anthony.
3-506-79183-4
language English
format eBook
author Halicka, Beata
spellingShingle Halicka, Beata
Borderlands Biography Z. Anthony Kruszewski in Wartime Europe and Postwar America
author_facet Halicka, Beata
author_variant b h bh
author_role VerfasserIn
author_sort Halicka, Beata
title Borderlands Biography Z. Anthony Kruszewski in Wartime Europe and Postwar America
title_sub Z. Anthony Kruszewski in Wartime Europe and Postwar America
title_full Borderlands Biography Z. Anthony Kruszewski in Wartime Europe and Postwar America Beata Halicka
title_fullStr Borderlands Biography Z. Anthony Kruszewski in Wartime Europe and Postwar America Beata Halicka
title_full_unstemmed Borderlands Biography Z. Anthony Kruszewski in Wartime Europe and Postwar America Beata Halicka
title_auth Borderlands Biography Z. Anthony Kruszewski in Wartime Europe and Postwar America
title_new Borderlands Biography
title_sort borderlands biography z. anthony kruszewski in wartime europe and postwar america
publisher Brill | Schöningh
publishDate 2021
physical 1 online resource.
edition 1st ed.
isbn 3-657-79183-3
3-506-79183-4
callnumber-first P - Language and Literature
callnumber-subject PR - English Literature
callnumber-label PR6045
callnumber-sort PR 46045 O72
genre Biography
Biographies. fast (OCoLC)fst01919896
Biographies. lcgft
Biographies. rvmgf
geographic Poland. fast (OCoLC)fst01206891 https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39QbtfRgyP3qcDKmj68x7FVbM
United States. fast (OCoLC)fst01204155 https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39PBJtxgQXMWqmjMjjwXRHgrq
genre_facet Biography
Biographies.
geographic_facet Poland.
United States.
illustrated Illustrated
dewey-hundreds 800 - Literature
dewey-tens 820 - English & Old English literatures
dewey-ones 823 - English fiction
dewey-full 823.912
dewey-sort 3823.912
dewey-raw 823.912
dewey-search 823.912
work_keys_str_mv AT halickabeata borderlandsbiographyzanthonykruszewskiinwartimeeuropeandpostwaramerica
status_str c
ids_txt_mv (CKB)5600000000055294
(OCoLC)1255690766
(nllekb)BRILL9783657791835
(Brill | Schöningh)9783657791835
(EXLCZ)995600000000055294
is_hierarchy_title Borderlands Biography Z. Anthony Kruszewski in Wartime Europe and Postwar America
_version_ 1798645489558618112
fullrecord <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><collection xmlns="http://www.loc.gov/MARC21/slim"><record><leader>03314cam a2200541 c 4500</leader><controlfield tag="001">993584197104498</controlfield><controlfield tag="005">20220221094418.0</controlfield><controlfield tag="006">m o d </controlfield><controlfield tag="007">cr un uuuua</controlfield><controlfield tag="008">220221s2021 gw a o ||| 0 eng d</controlfield><datafield tag="020" ind1=" " ind2=" "><subfield code="a">3-657-79183-3</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="024" ind1="7" ind2=" "><subfield code="a">10.30965/9783657791835</subfield><subfield code="2">DOI</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="035" ind1=" " ind2=" "><subfield code="a">(CKB)5600000000055294</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="035" ind1=" " ind2=" "><subfield code="z">(OCoLC)1255690766</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="035" ind1=" " ind2=" "><subfield code="a">(nllekb)BRILL9783657791835</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="035" ind1=" " ind2=" "><subfield code="a">(Brill | Schöningh)9783657791835</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="035" ind1=" " ind2=" "><subfield code="a">(EXLCZ)995600000000055294</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="040" ind1=" " ind2=" "><subfield code="a">NL-LeKB</subfield><subfield code="c">NL-LeKB</subfield><subfield code="e">rda</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="050" ind1=" " ind2="4"><subfield code="a">PR6045.O72</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="072" ind1=" " ind2="7"><subfield code="a">HBJQ</subfield><subfield code="2">bicssc</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="072" ind1=" " ind2="7"><subfield code="a">HIS</subfield><subfield code="x">000000</subfield><subfield code="2">bisacsh</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="082" ind1="0" ind2="4"><subfield code="a">823.912</subfield><subfield code="2">23</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="100" ind1="1" ind2=" "><subfield code="a">Halicka, Beata</subfield><subfield code="4">aut</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="245" ind1="1" ind2="0"><subfield code="a">Borderlands Biography</subfield><subfield code="b">Z. Anthony Kruszewski in Wartime Europe and Postwar America</subfield><subfield code="c">Beata Halicka</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="250" ind1=" " ind2=" "><subfield code="a">1st ed.</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="260" ind1=" " ind2=" "><subfield code="a">Paderborn</subfield><subfield code="b">Brill | Schöningh</subfield><subfield code="c">2021</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="300" ind1=" " ind2=" "><subfield code="a">1 online resource.</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="336" ind1=" " ind2=" "><subfield code="a">text</subfield><subfield code="b">txt</subfield><subfield code="2">rdacontent</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="337" ind1=" " ind2=" "><subfield code="a">computer</subfield><subfield code="b">c</subfield><subfield code="2">rdamedia</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="338" ind1=" " ind2=" "><subfield code="a">online resource</subfield><subfield code="2">rdacarrier</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="504" ind1=" " ind2=" "><subfield code="a">Includes bibliographical references and index.</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="520" ind1=" " ind2=" "><subfield code="a">Beata Halicka's masterly narrated biography is the story of an extraordinary man and leading intellectual in the Polish-American community. Z. Anthony Kruszewski was first a Polish scout fighting in World War II against the Nazi occupiers, then a Prisoner of War/Displaced Person in Western Europe. He was stranded as a penniless immigrant in post-war America and eventually became a world-renowned academic. Kruszewski's almost incredible life stands out from his entire generation. His story is a microcosm of 20th-century history, covering various theatres and incorporating key events and individuals. Kruszewski walks a stage very few people have even stood on, both as an eye-witness at the centre of the Second World War, and later as vice-president of the Polish American Congress, and a professor and political scientist at world-class universities in the USA. Not only did he become a pioneer and a leading figure in Borderland Studies, but he is a borderlander in every sense of the word.</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="545" ind1="0" ind2=" "><subfield code="a">Beata Halicka is a Professor of Contemporary History at the Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań (Poland). She lectured at the European University Viadrina in Frankfurt (Oder), Germany, between 2006 and 2014, and was a Visiting Professor at the universities in Calgary (2014), Chicago (2015) und in 2016 in El Paso (USA). Her research interests include nationalism, forced migrations, constructions of identities in border regions, collective memory, German-Polish relations, and Polish diaspora in the world.</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="546" ind1=" " ind2=" "><subfield code="a">English translation of the Polish orignal titled Życie na pograniczach: Zbigniew Anthony Kruszewski: biografia.</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="650" ind1=" " ind2="4"><subfield code="a">roots</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="650" ind1=" " ind2="4"><subfield code="a">identity</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="650" ind1=" " ind2="4"><subfield code="a">World War II</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="650" ind1=" " ind2="4"><subfield code="a">Central and Eastern Europe</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="650" ind1=" " ind2="4"><subfield code="a">immigration</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="650" ind1=" " ind2="4"><subfield code="a">integration</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="650" ind1=" " ind2="4"><subfield code="a">Zweiter Weltkrieg</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="650" ind1=" " ind2="4"><subfield code="a">Holocaust</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="650" ind1=" " ind2="4"><subfield code="a">Immigration</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="650" ind1=" " ind2="4"><subfield code="a">Migration</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="650" ind1=" " ind2="4"><subfield code="a">Polnische Diaspora</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="650" ind1=" " ind2="4"><subfield code="a">Polish Diaspora</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="651" ind1=" " ind2="7"><subfield code="a">Poland.</subfield><subfield code="2">fast</subfield><subfield code="0">(OCoLC)fst01206891</subfield><subfield code="1">https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39QbtfRgyP3qcDKmj68x7FVbM</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="651" ind1=" " ind2="7"><subfield code="a">United States.</subfield><subfield code="2">fast</subfield><subfield code="0">(OCoLC)fst01204155</subfield><subfield code="1">https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39PBJtxgQXMWqmjMjjwXRHgrq</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="655" ind1=" " ind2="2"><subfield code="a">Biography</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="655" ind1=" " ind2="7"><subfield code="a">Biographies.</subfield><subfield code="2">fast</subfield><subfield code="0">(OCoLC)fst01919896</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="655" ind1=" " ind2="7"><subfield code="a">Biographies.</subfield><subfield code="2">lcgft</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="655" ind1=" " ind2="7"><subfield code="a">Biographies.</subfield><subfield code="2">rvmgf</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="600" ind1="1" ind2="0"><subfield code="a">Kruszewski, Z. Anthony.</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="776" ind1=" " ind2=" "><subfield code="z">3-506-79183-4</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="906" ind1=" " ind2=" "><subfield code="a">BOOK</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="ADM" ind1=" " ind2=" "><subfield code="b">2024-05-10 06:18:00 Europe/Vienna</subfield><subfield code="f">system</subfield><subfield code="c">marc21</subfield><subfield code="a">2021-11-27 21:44:17 Europe/Vienna</subfield><subfield code="g">false</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="AVE" ind1=" " ind2=" "><subfield code="i">Brill</subfield><subfield code="P">EBA SFm All</subfield><subfield code="x">https://eu02.alma.exlibrisgroup.com/view/uresolver/43ACC_OEAW/openurl?u.ignore_date_coverage=true&amp;portfolio_pid=5343853290004498&amp;Force_direct=true</subfield><subfield code="Z">5343853290004498</subfield><subfield code="b">Available</subfield><subfield code="8">5343853290004498</subfield></datafield></record></collection>