'Loyal sons of the Church and Fatherland'? Center-Polish relations in Upper Silesia, 1871-1907.(Abstract/Resume analytique) From: Canadian Journal of History | Date: August 1, 2003| Author: Bowersox, Jeffrey D. | COPYRIGHT 2003 Canadian Journal of History. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group.Copyright information

This article examines the German Center party's changing relationship with its Polish-speaking constituency in Upper Silesia between 1871 and 1907. In doing so, it explores the development of the Center party from a party representing the interests of Catholics in Germany to a party representing the interests of German Catholics. In Upper Silesia the Center built a unique (and hitherto unexplored) constituency of German and Polish Catholics during the anti-Catholic Kulturkampf of the 1870s ...

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