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Title:

Social structure and social groups in the processes of integration and disintegration of Silesia as a region (1918-1945)

Subject and Keywords:

aristocracy   entrepreneurs   landowners   peasants   intelligentsia   workers

Abstract:

A complete overview of cohesive and disruptive factors affecting the integrity of Silesia in the social context during the period 1918-1945 seems an impossible task, which can be explained by the multitude of events and issues occurring in this turbulent quarter of a century, as well as by the overlapping of various realms of identity. The regional perspective was present in all social groups during the period under examination; however, with the possible exception of the Upper Silesian proletariat, they were not its primary carriers. Social groups from lower classes were active mainly in their local areas, thus indirectly forming regional bonds. Silesia as a whole was relevant to the wealthier inhabitants of cities and industrial districts, whose mobility and education allowed them to overcome local limitations. Ownership and great wealth influenced several levels simultaneously, including the regional one. Landowners were, by comparison, a much more stable backbone of the region due to their traditions and attachment to the land.

Place of publishing:

Wrocław

Publisher:

Publishing House eBooki.com.pl   www.ebooki.com.pl

Contributor:

Wiszewski, Przemysław. Red.   Czapliński, Marek. Red.   Greiner, Piotr. Rec.

Date issued:

2014

Detailed Type:

ebook

Format:

application/pdf

Identifier:

ISBN 978-83-927132-8-9

Language:

eng

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Rights holder:

Copyright by Authors and Uniwersytet Wrocławski

Autor opisu:

TK