Contents

Acknowlegements ix
Prefatory Remarks x
Place-Names xi
Notes on Contributors xix
Chronology of Silesla xxi
Maps xxiii-xxix
Introduction 1
Karl Cordell

1 Nationalism and the Nation-State in Central Europe 6
Terry Sullivan
2 Ethnic Conflict and Conciliation in Central Europe Today 26
Karl Cordell
3 The Germans and Central Europe in the Pre-Modern Era 50
Kai Struve
4 Silesia and the Dawning of the Modern Era 66
Philipp Ther 66-74
Tomasz Kamusella 74-89
Petr Kacir 79-88
5 Upper Silesia 1918-45 92
Tomasz Kamusella 92-112
Petr Kacir 112-26
6 Polish and Czech Silesia under Communist Rule:
A Comparison 131
Bernard Linek 131-48
Karl Martin Born 148-56
7 The Articulation of Identity in Silesla since 1989 161
Karl Cordell 161-75
Tomasz Kamusella 175-80
Karl Martin Born 180-85
8 The Future of Silesta 188
Karl Cordell 188-97
Tomasz Kamusella 197-201

Conclusion 204
Karl Cordell
Index 208