عقاب سفید، عقاب سیاه: روابط قومی در مرزهای آلمان و لهستان

"Studying the German-Polish ethnic relations, this book analyses the people and region through their respective borderlands, migration, official cooperation and unofficial suspicions across the border. The main conclusion is that, while officialdom is generally keen to develop cross-border ties, which ordinary people do take advantage of, the latter tend to be much more sceptical of the potential impact to their lives in what remains an economically depressed area despite cross-border cooperation having been possible for several decades"-- Provided by publisher Contents 5 Introduction 7 Chapter 1 The Historical Foundations of German–Polish Relations I From the Beginnings to the First World War 22 Chapter 2 The Historical Foundations of German–Polish Relations II From the First World War to the Present 40 Chapter 3 National and Regional Identities in Germany and Poland 67 Chapter 4 Polish Minorities in Germany The ‘120% Deutsche’ 88 Chapter 5 Regions in Poland I Ziemia Lubuska – Forgotten by Germany? 102 Chapter 6 Administrative Reform, Cross-border Relations and Regional Identity in Western Poland and Eastern Germany 122 Chapter 7 Regions in Poland II. Silesia – German, Polish, or Wasserpolnisch? 144 Chapter 8 Updates 2010, 2014 166 Conclusion 174 References 177 Index 185 Studying the German-Polish ethnic relations, this book analyses the people and region through their respective borderlands, migration, official cooperation and unofficial suspicions across the border. The main conclusion is that, while officialdom is generally keen to develop cross-border ties, which ordinary people do take advantage of, these tend to be much more sceptical of the potential impact to their lives in what remains an economically depressed area despite cross-border cooperation having been possible for several decades.