White Eagle, Black Eagle

Robert Parkin was a Departmental Lecturer in social anthropology in the School of Anthropology and Museum Ethnography, University of Oxford from 2002 to 2017.

“The book is undoubtedly a very successful contribution to the issue of cross-border relations within Central/Eastern Europe and the politics of European local identities. Current and future scholars should definitely not overlook it.” • Anthropological Journal of European Cultures“This is a well-written, well-constructed and important book … written by an author who is a trained and experienced social scientist and who has a thorough knowledge of the field and the area about which he is writing.” • Zdzisław Mach, Jagiellonian University

• IntroductionChapter 1. The Historical Foundations of German–Polish Relations I: From the Beginnings to the First World WarChapter 2. The Historical Foundations of German–Polish Relations II: From the First World War to the PresentChapter 3. National and Regional Identities in Germany and PolandChapter 4. Polish Minorities in Germany: The 120% DeutscheChapter 5. Regions in Poland I: Ziemia Lubuska – Forgotten by Germany?Chapter 6. Administrative Reform, Cross-Border Relations and Regional Identity in Western Poland and Eastern GermanyChapter 7. Regions in Poland II: Silesia – German, Polish, or Wasserpolnisch?Chapter 8. Updates, 2010, 2014ConclusionReferencesIndex