“An Inebriation with Freedom” and Social and Economic Conditions of the Reconstruction of the Polish State under Chief of State Józef Piłsudski, 1918–1922 Cover Image

„Upojenie wolnością” i społeczne oraz gospodarcze uwarunkowania odbudowy państwa polskiego w czasie rządów Naczelnika Państwa Józefa Piłsudskiego 1918–1922
“An Inebriation with Freedom” and Social and Economic Conditions of the Reconstruction of the Polish State under Chief of State Józef Piłsudski, 1918–1922

Author(s): Jerzy Gaul
Subject(s): History, Economic history, Political history, Social history, Recent History (1900 till today), Interwar Period (1920 - 1939)
Published by: Instytut Historii im. Tadeusza Manteuffla Polskiej Akademii Nauk
Keywords: Józef Piłsudski; raison d’état; Polish State; society; economy

Summary/Abstract: After regaining their freedom after 123 years of subjection, Polish people were “inebriated with freedom”, as Józef Piłsudski said. It was in the shadow of this euphoria that important social and economic processes occurred, together with grave internal and external threats that conditioned the restoration of the Polish state under the Provisional Chief of State (11 November 1918 – 26 January 1919), and the Chief of State (26 January 1919 – December 1922).

  • Issue Year: 51/2019
  • Issue No: 1
  • Page Range: 29-54
  • Page Count: 26
  • Language: Polish