@misc{Mitter2015, author = {Mitter, Adrian}, title = {Review: "Gdańsk - miasto od nowa. Kształtowanie społeczeństwa i warunki bytowe w latach 1945-1970"/ Piotr Perkowski. Gdańsk: Słowo/Obraz Terytoria, 2013. ISBN 978-83-7453-118-4}, organization = {Digitale Wissenschaftsplattform Pol-Int (www.pol-int.org)}, doi = {10.11584/opus4-1029}, url = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:kobv:521-opus4-10290}, year = {2015}, abstract = {Piotr Perkowski's "Gdańsk - Miasto od nowa" is another addition to the growing body of urban history works on the Polish West after 1945. Yet, Perkowski's study stands out, as it does not primarily focus on the changing physical and political processes in the cityscape from a German to a Polish character as many other works do. Instead, the author conducts a highly readable socio-historical analysis of Gdańsk's post-war society, with a strong focus on the citizens' every-day life under communism. Since the study spans to 1970, Perkowski is able to provide his readers with a colorful image of Gdańsk during the exciting period between the end of the war and the rise of the Solidarność (Solidarity) movement. This unique perspective does not only close a gap in the existing scholarship, but it also allows the author to analyze how long term developments in the city led to the political protests of the late 1960s.}, language = {en} }