Contents

pp v-vi

Dedication

pp vii-viii

Acknowledgments

pp ix-x

Introduction

pp 1-12

Part One - Individualism and Social Theory

pp 13-14

1 - Four Discourses of Individualism

pp 15-47

2 - Individualism Reconsidered

pp 48-68

3 - Theories of Social Individuation and a Way Forward

pp 69-90

Part Two - Individualism and Democracy in Poland

pp 91-92

4 - The Democratic Promise of Western Poland

pp 93-141

5 - Individualism Disaggregated: The Wrocław and Łódź Elites in a Cultural Perspective

pp 142-174

Part Three - Rupture and Reintegration

pp 175-176

6 - Rupture, 1945–1948

pp 177-241

7 - The Communist Party and the Taming of the Frontier, 1949–1955

pp 242-264

8 - A Quasi-Reformation: The Catholic Church in the Western Territories, 1945–1956

pp 265-311

9 - The Socializers, 1965–1980

pp 312-343

Conclusion: The Resilience of Individualism

pp 344-354

Appendix 1 - Selected Socioeconomic Development Indicators for Wrocław and Łódź at the Beginning of the Democratic Era (1994)

pp 355-355

Appendix 2 - Interview Questionnaire for Sorting Out Individual and Corporate Identities

pp 356-356

Appendix 3 - List of Interviewees together with Their Classification into Two Main Identity Types

pp 357-360

Index

pp 361-368