Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter I
2. The United Nations Series IX
3. Editor's Preface XI
4. Contents XIII
5. List of Illustrations XXIII
6. Part One. LAND AND PEOPLE
7. CHAPTER I. Poland and Europe: Geographical Position 3
8. CHAPTER II. Anthropology of Poland: Prehistory and Race 10
9. Part Two. HISTORICAL BACKGROUND
10. CHAPTER III. The Formation of the Polish State 31
11. CHAPTER IV. Poland as a European Power 40
12. CHAPTER V. Partitioned Poland, 1795-1914 49
13. CHAPTER VI. Rebirth of Poland, 1914-1923 70
14. Part Three. POLITICAL DEVELOPMENT
15. CHAPTER VII. Constitutional Development of Poland 89
16. CHAPTER VIII. Polish Political Parties 104
17. CHAPTER IX. Polish Politics, 1918-1939 123
18. CHAPTER X. Minorities 148
19. Part Four. ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT
20. CHAPTER XI. Poland's Economy between Two World Wars 169
21. CHAPTER XII .Industry, Foreign Trade, and Communications 184
22. CHAPTER XIII. Poland's Monetary and Financial Policy, 1919-1939 206
23. CHAPTER XIV. Agricultural Reconstruction in Poland 219
24. CHAPTER XV. Social Progress in Poland, I9I^"I939 232
25. Part Five. CULTURAL DEVELOPMENT
26. CHAPTER XVI. Religious Life 247
27. CHAPTER XVII. Education 257
28. CHAPTER XVIII. Science and Scientific Institutions 274
29. CHAPTER XIX. Polish Literature 284
30. CHAPTER XX. The Fine Arts 311
31. CHAPTER XXI. Music 323
32. CHAPTER XXII. The Polish National Spirit 328
33. Part Six. POLISH-AMERICAN RELATIONS
34. CHAPTER XXIII. Polish-American Cultural Relationships 347
35. CHAPTER XXIV. Polish-American Political and Economic Relations 365
36. Part Seven. FOREIGN RELATIONS
37. CHAPTER XXV. Foreign Relations 377
38. Part Eight. SECOND WORLD WAR AND AFTER
39. CHAPTER XXVI. Poland and the War 427
40. Epilogue 457
41. A Selected Bibliography 467
42. INDEX 477