1st Edition

Poland in a Colonial World Order Adjustments and Aspirations, 1918–1939

By Piotr Puchalski Copyright 2022
328 Pages 22 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

328 Pages 22 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

328 Pages 22 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

Poland in a Colonial World Order is a study of the interwar Polish state and empire building project in a changing world of empires, nation-states, dominions, protectorates, mandates, and colonies. Drawing from a wide range of sources spanning two continents and five countries, Piotr Puchalski examines how Polish elites looked to expansion in South America and Africa as a solution to... Read more

Introduction

1. Emigrants into Colonists

2. Between Periphery and Core

3. European Solidarity

4. Prometheus Bound

5. Reforming the Wilsonian System

6. Useful Abroad, Unwanted at Home

7. The Last Resort

Afterword

Biography

Piotr Puchalski is Associate Professor at the University of the National Education Commission in Kraków, Poland. His academic interests include Polish, French, British, and American diplomacy, as well as Western colonialism, totalitarian regimes, and modern ideologies.

Winner of the Second Prize in the History Contest for the best foreign-language publication promoting Poland’s history, sponsored by Poland’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs

"definitive" - Jan Kieniewicz, Kwartalnik Historyczny

"a thorough and dense study of Polish interwar colonial projects and schemes and a much welcome addition to the field of modern European history and colonial studies” - Paweł Markiewicz, The Slavonic and East European Review