Antisemitism in galicia

Antisemitism in Galicia investigates the interaction of agitation, violence, and politics against Jews on the periphery of the Danube monarchy. In its comprehensive analysis of the functions and limitations of propaganda, rumors, and mass media, it shows just how significant antisemitism was to...

Cooperativism and democracy

Cooperativism and Democracy contains a selection of texts in socio-political thought focusing on Polish cooperativism which make an important contribution to the debate over the relationship of contemporary economics and politics.  

From cotton and smoke

This book considers the history of Łódź, a former textile hub now in central Poland, as one of confrontation with modernity. It presents a multifaceted portrait of twentieth-century urban experience beyond the metropolis.

Geohistory of galicia

An edited collection of essays about geohistory in Polish histography.

Global easts

This book explores entangled Easts to reconsider global history from the margins. Examining the politics of history and memory, Jie-Hyun Lim reveals the affinities linking Eastern Europe and East Asia.

History of a disappearance

Winner of Asymptote Journal’s 2016 Close Approximations Translation Contest and Shortlisted for the Ryszard Kapuscinski Prize, History of a Disappearance is the fascinating true story of a small mining town in the southwest of Poland that, after seven centuries of history, disappeared.Lying at th...

Neighbors

A landmark book that changed the story of Poland’s role in the HolocaustOn July 10, 1941, in Nazi-occupied Poland, half of the town of Jedwabne brutally murdered the other half: 1,600 men, women, and children—all but seven of the town’s Jews. In this shocking and compelling classic of Holocaust h...

New media behind the iron curtain

During the years of the Polish People’s Republic, Poles were cut off from the western world. This situation led to a period of great ingenuity in the realm of media. Coupling archival research with in-depth interviews, this book explores media behind the Iron Curtain, bringing to life the talent ...

Poland: a history

Resurrecting the jew

An in-depth look at why non-Jewish Poles are trying to bring Jewish culture back to life in Poland todaySince the early 2000s, Poland has experienced a remarkable Jewish revival, largely driven by non-Jewish Poles with a passionate new interest in all things Jewish. Klezmer music, Jewish-style re...

The posthumous landscape

A photographic tribute that highlights the stories behind remnants of Jewish communal life in post-war Poland, western Ukraine, Lithuania, and Latvia.In 1992 Canadian documentary filmmaker and photographer David Kaufman travelled to Poland to produce a television program about hidden child surviv...