The Government of Social Life in Colonial India

The second edition of this guide to Poland has been updated to take account of the years from 19892005. This period marked its liberation from the Soviet Union the birth of Poland''s ''Third Republic'' and recently its accession to the European Union in 2004. Poland''s history has been marked by its resilience. Once a dominant force in central and eastern Europe and home to a remarkable experiment in consensual politics it was excised from the map by its neighbours in 1795. Resurrected in 1918 partitioned afresh during the Second World War it survived to become a satellite of the Soviet Union. Yet in the 1980s it was Poland which blazed the trail in casting off communism and was finally able to reassert its Christian heritage. With its updated bibliography and new chronology the book is the ideal companion for all looking for a comprehensive survey of this fascinating country.