- Tables Preface Foreword Abbreviations Introduction PART I: NATIONALISM The Logic of Nationalism in the Prussian East The Nationalization of Culture PART II: THE CULTURES OF TRANSNATIONALISM The Language and Semantics of Transnationalism Marriage and Sex across the National Divide PART III: THE POLITICS OF TRANSNATIONALISM The Politics of the 'Catholic-Polish Axis' Germans, Poles, and the Socialist Movement Conclusion Appendixes Notes Bibliography Index.
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For more than a century following the Partitions of Poland, a protracted and often bitter national conflict pervaded life in Prussia's eastern border provinces. This book radically interprets the German-Polish relationship in the Prussian East according to a theory of 'synthesis' between nations, as the first study to apply this concept in the research of nationalism. Contradiction and conflict between the nations gave rise to mentalities and practices that were 'transnational' and that harmonized the national divide. Transnationalism in the Prussian East examines the nature of this process and its profound social and political consequences, exploring in detail issues of language and semantics, sex and marriage, politics, and culture.
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