Piotr PerkowskiPiotr Perkowski, University of Gda.sk – social historian, his research fields include social and economic history of Poland in the second half of the 20th century; the author of a book on post-war Gda.sk (Gda.sk – miasto od nowa). His fothcoming monograph, Communism, Shipyards and the Crisis of Modernity: The Political Economy of Late Socialism in Poland, navigates the era from Gierek to Jaruzelski, exploring the interplay between a command economy, societal pressures and post-Bretton-Woods global dynamics. Read More Read Less