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Book versus Power : Studies in the Relations between Politics and Culture in Polish History, Hardback Book

Book versus Power : Studies in the Relations between Politics and Culture in Polish History Hardback

Edited by Jacek Soszynski, Agnieszka Chamera-Nowak

Part of the Polish Studies - Transdisciplinary Perspectives series

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This volume considers the various interactions between the culture of the book and politics in Polish history.

Each of the fourteen authors deals with a different topic, chronologically starting with the beginnings of the early Piast monarchy in the 10th century up to contemporary times: for instance, E.

Potkowski discusses the political ambitions of Duke Mieszko I and his descendants with regard to the introduction of early writing and reading in Poland; A.

Kamler analyses the attitude of the Jagiellonian dynasty in the 1500s towards books and education; and D.

Jarosz traces the changing approach of the communists towards book production and the promotion of readership in their attempts to persuade Polish society to accept their ideology.

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