KARL CORDELL is Senior Lecturer in Politics at the University of Plymouth, Great Britain. He obtained his doctorate in 1988 on completion of research into the 'Origins of Development and Deutschlandpolitik, 1969-74'. He subsequently published on the nature and content of relations between the two German states, the nature of Die Wende in the GDR and the process of unification. In more recent years he has published extensively on matters connected with Poland's German minority, German-Polish relations, and the impact of both upon Poland's desire to become a member of the European Union.

• Dedication Acknowledgements Prefatory Remarks Glossary of Place Names (German, Polish, Czech) Biographical Notes List of Maps Chronology of Silesian History Introduction: K.Cordell Nationalism and the Nation State in Central Europe; T.Sullivan Ethnic Conflict and Conciliation in Central Europe Today; K.Cordell The Germans and Central Europe in the pre-Modern Era; K.Struve Silesia and the Dawning of the Modern Era; P.Ther, T.Kamusella & P.Kacir Upper Silesia 1918-1945; T.Kamusella & P.Kacir Polish and Czech Silesia Under Communist Rule: A Comparison; B.Linek & K.M.Born The Articulation of Identity in Silesia Since 1989; K.Cordell, T.Kamusella & K.M.Born The Future of Silesia; K.Cordell & T.Kamusella Conclusion; K.Cordell Index

KARL CORDELL is Senior Lecturer in Politics at the University of Plymouth, Great Britain. He obtained his doctorate in 1988 on completion of research into the 'Origins of Development and Deutschlandpolitik, 1969-74'. He subsequently published on the nature and content of relations between the two German states, the nature of Die Wende in the GDR and the process of unification. In more recent years he has published extensively on matters connected with Poland's German minority, German-Polish relations, and the impact of both upon Poland's desire to become a member of the European Union.

• Dedication Acknowledgements Prefatory Remarks Glossary of Place Names (German, Polish, Czech) Biographical Notes List of Maps Chronology of Silesian History Introduction: K.Cordell Nationalism and the Nation State in Central Europe; T.Sullivan Ethnic Conflict and Conciliation in Central Europe Today; K.Cordell The Germans and Central Europe in the pre-Modern Era; K.Struve Silesia and the Dawning of the Modern Era; P.Ther, T.Kamusella & P.Kacir Upper Silesia 1918-1945; T.Kamusella & P.Kacir Polish and Czech Silesia Under Communist Rule: A Comparison; B.Linek & K.M.Born The Articulation of Identity in Silesia Since 1989; K.Cordell, T.Kamusella & K.M.Born The Future of Silesia; K.Cordell & T.Kamusella Conclusion; K.Cordell Index

KARL CORDELL is Senior Lecturer in Politics at the University of Plymouth, Great Britain. He obtained his doctorate in 1988 on completion of research into the 'Origins of Development and Deutschlandpolitik, 1969-74'. He subsequently published on the nature and content of relations between the two German states, the nature of Die Wende in the GDR and the process of unification. In more recent years he has published extensively on matters connected with Poland's German minority, German-Polish relations, and the impact of both upon Poland's desire to become a member of the European Union.

• Dedication Acknowledgements Prefatory Remarks Glossary of Place Names (German, Polish, Czech) Biographical Notes List of Maps Chronology of Silesian History Introduction: K.Cordell Nationalism and the Nation State in Central Europe; T.Sullivan Ethnic Conflict and Conciliation in Central Europe Today; K.Cordell The Germans and Central Europe in the pre-Modern Era; K.Struve Silesia and the Dawning of the Modern Era; P.Ther, T.Kamusella & P.Kacir Upper Silesia 1918-1945; T.Kamusella & P.Kacir Polish and Czech Silesia Under Communist Rule: A Comparison; B.Linek & K.M.Born The Articulation of Identity in Silesia Since 1989; K.Cordell, T.Kamusella & K.M.Born The Future of Silesia; K.Cordell & T.Kamusella Conclusion; K.Cordell Index