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Danuta Mostwin: At Home in Exile between Europe and America (1921–2010) book cover

1st Edition

Danuta Mostwin At Home in Exile between Europe and America (1921–2010)

By Beata Halicka Copyright 2027
508 Pages 36 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

Exploring the life and contributions of Danuta Mostwin, a Polish American social scientist, writer, and chronicler of immigrant experiences, this book traces her journey from wartime Poland through post-war exile in Britain and the United States. It highlights her intellectual achievements, interdisciplinary research, and her literary works, which focus largely on women’s experiences of... Read more

1. Childhood and school years  2. In the face of war  3. The dark night of occupation  4. There is No Home – refugees illegally crossing the border  5. An uneasy safe haven in the UK  6. The fate of immigrants in the USA  7. In search of a career path  8. Family matters  9. A Research Career  10. Socio-political engagement  11. The great writer on tour in Poland  

Biography

Beata Halicka is Professor of Contemporary History at Adam Mickiewicz University, Poznań, and a leading scholar of wartime and postwar European history. Her research combines the study of individual life trajectories with broader social and cultural contexts. Her acclaimed books include Polish Wild West. Forced Migration and Cultural Appropriation in the Polish -German Borderlands, 1945–1948 (2020, German ed. 2013, Polish ed. 2015), recipient of the Identitas Award, and Borderlands Biography. Z. Anthony Kruszewski in Wartime Europe and Postwar America (2021, Polish ed. 2018, German ed. 2024). The latter reflects her internationally recognized expertise in transnational histories of Polish migrants

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