{"product_id":"gods-playground-norman-davies-9780231128179","title":"God's Playground: A History of Poland: The Origins to 1795, Vol. 1","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe most comprehensive survey of Polish history available in English, \u003ci\u003eGod's Playground\u003c\/i\u003e demonstrates Poland's importance in European history from medieval times to the present. Abandoning the traditional nationalist approach to Polish history, Norman Davies instead stresses the country's rich multinational heritage and places the development of the Jewish German, Ukrainian, and Lithuanian communities firmly within the Polish context. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eDavies emphasizes the cultural history of Poland through a presentation of extensive poetical, literary, and documentary texts in English translation. In each volume, chronological chapters of political narrative are interspersed with essays on religious, social, economic, constitutional, philosophical, and diplomatic themes. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis new edition has been revised and fully updated with two new chapters to bring the story to the end of the twentieth century.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Norman Davies\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0231128177\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780231128179\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Columbia University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/31\/2005\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 638\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.58lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.20h x 6.10w x 1.10d","brand":"Norman Davies","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44045621756159,"sku":"9780231128179","price":38.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_f76f0afb-1126-440e-998e-bcf62d0e1ef5.jpg?v=1684979769","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/gods-playground-norman-davies-9780231128179","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}