Disorderly liberty : the political culture of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth in the eighteenth century /

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Bibliographic Details
Author / Creator:	Lukowski, Jerzy.
Imprint:	London ; New York : Continuum, 2010.
Description:	xii, 349 p. : map ; 24 cm.
Language:	English
Series:	Continuum studies in Eastern European history Continuum studies in Eastern European history.
Subject:	Political culture -- Poland -- History -- 18th century. Civilization. Political culture. Politics and government Poland -- Civilization -- To 1795. Poland -- Politics and government -- 18th century. Europe -- Lithuania (Grand Duchy) Poland. History.
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/8063921

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ISBN:	9781441148124 1441148124
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references (p. [315]-337) and index.
Summary:	Lukowski considers how the republican ideals and the political culture of the ruling classes of the 18th-century Lithuanian Commonwealth remain a part of the historical legacy of what is today Poland, Lithuania, the Ukraine and Belarus.

Table of Contents:

Preface
Abreviations
A note on Polish pronunciation
1. The Commonwealth of Poland-Lithuania: an introductory survey
2. Ancestral legacies
3. The search for harmony
4. Keeping the faith
5. Towards successful counsels
6. Confrontations with the Enlightenment: Felix Czacki and the Monitor, 1765, and the Zamoyski law code, 1780
7. Foreign aid
8. Marking time
9. Ferment
10. Judaica
11. Towards new Utopias
Epilogue
Appendix: The Constitution of 3 May 1791
Notes
Bibliography
Index

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