Hanna Kozińska-Witt: "In Warschau ist es leichter, den Pegasus zu besteigen; arbeiten lernen kann man

hingegen besser in Posen"

 

ÒIn Warsaw it is easier to sit upon the Pegasus; but Poznań is better for workÓ.

The Urban Element und the Communal Self-Administration on the General Provincial Fair in

Poznań, 16 May – 30 September 1929.

 

This article discusses debates concerning the presentation of communal administrations during

the Pol¬ish Universal Exhibition in Poznań (1929). It focuses on the political context of the

Second Polish Republic and its influence on this presentation: the Polish state administration

and the Union of Polish Cities, representing Polish communal self-governments, are seen as

opponents. The former stood for etatism and interventionism, the latter advocated communal

autonomy. Rivalries between Polish big cities and little towns and the competition between

various Polish regions are also discussed.

 

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