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Gdańsk : portrait of a city /

"Gdańsk: Portrait of a City tells the story of the city of Gdańsk, from the prehistoric origins of its Baltic surroundings on the Vistula and Motława Rivers and its entry into written history in 997 CE, through its more than seven centuries as the German-speaking city of Danzig, and on to the c...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Loew, Peter Oliver, 1967- (Author)
Other Authors: Wood, Jesse C. (Translator)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2024]
Edition:English edition.
Subjects:
Gdańsk (Poland) > History.
Poland > Gdańsk
European history.
History.
Electronic books.
History
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • A Space of European Memory
  • Amber-Gold : Shedding Light on Prehistory
  • Green and Blue : Fishers, Merchants, Dukes, 997-1308
  • Brick-Red : Danzig as a Part of the Teutonic State, 1308-1454
  • Wheat-Gold and Rye-Brown : Danzig's Golden Age, 1454-1655
  • Fading Hues, 1655-1793
  • Prussian Blue : Fall and Rise in the Nineteenth Century, 1793-1918
  • Against a Red Background : From the Free City of Danzig to the Second World War, 1918-1945
  • Variations in White and Red : Gdańsk, "Fairer than Ever Before," 1945-1980
  • Kaleidoscope : Into the Future with Solidarity and the Discovery of New Pasts
  • Why Gdańsk?