Henryk Szlajfer offers, against the background of developments in Latin America (mainly Brazil) and Central Europe (mainly Poland) in times of first globalization from late 19th century until late 193
This is a substantially revised and enlarged English edition of a work published in Polish in 2005 (Warszawa: Instytut Studiow Politycznych PAN). Szlaifer (political science, Warsaw U., and Polish Aca
Since it first appeared in 1978, the Polish quarterly Krytyka (Critique) has been a showcase for some of the best writing on politics, sociology, cultural criticism, economics, and history from Poland
Polish economic historian Maowist (1909-88) is little read in the West: of the 18 essays here, only five were previously published in an English-language journal. His range of interests is demonstrate
The main articles of Marian Malowist are collected together for the first time. Malowist, who is one of the major economic historians of the twentieth century, is also a much neglected one. So most sc