Black Mirror: A Comparative History of Polish and American Failures

• Authors: Maciej Górny
• Languages of publication: PL

Abstracts

PL

Even though they occurred around the same time, the Polish January Uprising of 1863/64 and the American Civil War (1861–5) have seldom been considered in the same context by historians, while comparative historical studies of the events are scarce. The present article explores the historiography relating to both countries to, firstly, outline the most interesting attempts in existing Polish and US-American research to find shared aspects in the two events. Secondly, my study establishes and analyses phenomena and themes in these parallel histories that could prove most fruitful for comparative investigation. In conclusion, I assess the potential that comparative approaches could generate for the historiography of the American Civil War and the January Uprising.

Keywords

PL

January Uprising; Poland; American Civil War; memory; gender stereotypes; nationalism; guerrilla warfare

• Publisher: Polska Akademia Nauk. Instytut Historii im. Tadeusza Manteuffla PAN w Warszawie
• Journal: Acta Poloniae Historica
• Year: 2021
• Volume: 123
• Pages: 117-141

Dates

published

2021-07-18

Contributors

author

Maciej Górny

• Tadeusz Manteuffel Institute of History, Polish Academy of Sciences

• https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8594-1365

Identifiers

DOI

10.12775/APH.2021.123.05