title: Short Histories of Poland
abstract: In their 'Preface' Lukowski and Zawadzki note that a concise history is bound to contain generalizations, omissions and different emphases. Their volume stresses politics at some expense of socioeconomic factors. The authors seek to explain the complexities of Polish history mentioning ethnic diversity, the complex involvement with the neighbors, the different names given to the same places in the course of history etc. They justify the division of their volume into two parts -pre-and post-parti
journal: Acta Poloniae Historica