Naukowa synteza historii politycznej wobec komercjalizacji rynku wydawniczego
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2014
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Wydawnictwo Naukowe WNPiD UAM w Poznaniu
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An academic book on history as a bestseller – an analysis of selected examples
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The paper presents the phenomenon of academic books on history that mass
readers have deemed to be worth reading, thus making them a kind of history
bestsellers, when it is rare for academic books written by historians to enjoy mass acclaim. In her analysis, the author emphasizes those features of bestsellers that follow
from their publishers’ commercial expectations. The analysis concerns the following
books, among others: Europa (Europe) and Bo¿e Igrzysko (God’s
Playground) by Norman Davies, Historia Œwiata od 1917 roku (A History of the
Modern World from 1917 to the 1980s) by Paul Johnson and Historia Polski
1918–1980 (History of Poland from 1918 to 1980) by Andrzej Alber.
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Środkowoeuropejskie Studia Polityczne, 2014, nr 1, s. 101-115.