Wieś poleska doby przemian lat trzydziestych XX wieku w ujęciu Józefa Obrębskiego
The village in Polesie: Transformations of the 1930s in the view of Józef Obrębski

Summary/Abstract: The article deals with political and social themes of Józef Obrębski’s texts, which were written in the second half of the 1930s and were devoted to Polesie. Obrębski made his ethnosociological research in 1934-1937. It was the last phase of the great depression. Obrębski noted changes in political consciousness of inhabitants of the Polesie village. He described the consequences of the implementation of Polish language education. He perceived the role and nature of communist influence. He wrote very critically about the attitude and role of local administration representatives. He did not limit himself to listing these problems. Instead, he tried to formulate proposals for activities that would have changed the attitude of inhabitants of Polesie voievodship towards the Polish State.

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