An updated and expanded second edition covering Polish history from medieval times to the present day.

Biskupski (history, St. John Fisher College) offers a critical account of the historical developments of the last century in Poland, with an emphasis on the las

The history of eastern European is dominated by the story of the rise of the Russian empire, yet Russia only emerged as a major power after 1700. For 300 years

Lying at the crucible of Central Europe, the Silesian village of Kupferberg suffered the violence of the Thirty Years War, the Napoleonic Wars, the World War I.

Poland in the Modern World presents a history of the country from the late nineteenth century to the present, incorporating new perspectives from social and cul