Rising Subjects

“Wiktor Marzec has produced a major contribution to our understanding of how the 1905 revolution in the cities became the defining moment in a profound reconfiguration of Polish political culture with a legacy that stretches well into the present. The product of a fertile mind, Rising Subjects offers a new and revealing social history of the triumph of nationalism in modern Poland.”—Robert Blobaum, West Virginia University

“In this dynamic new study, Wiktor Marzec offers a fresh, theoretically informed interpretation of the 1905 Revolution in the Polish Kingdom, arguing that it shaped modern political attitudes and encampments despite its apparent short-term failure. Rising Subjects provides a nuanced examination of working class mobilization that will engage students of modern Eastern Europe, global social movements, and labor history.”—Keely Stauter-Halsted, Hejna Family Chair in the History of Poland, Department of History, University of Illinois at Chicago

“Meticulously researched, theoretically informed, and lucidly written, Rising Subjects shines new light on the 1905 revolution.  Marzec convincingly shows how the revolution set the stage for modern politics in Poland.  Essential reading for those seeking to understand the origins of major cleavages that continue to shape the Polish public sphere today." —GeneviÈve Zubrzycki, University of Michigan.