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UNINA9910453053603321 |
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Autore |
Bloom Jack M |
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Titolo |
Seeing through the eyes of the Polish Revolution : solidarity and the struggle against communism in Poland / / by Jack M. Bloom |
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Leiden : , : Brill, , 2013 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (440 p.) |
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Collana |
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Historical materialism book series, , 1570-1522 ; ; volume 50 |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Political activists - Poland |
Interviews - Poland |
Anti-communist movements - Poland - History - 20th century |
Revolutions - Poland - History - 20th century |
Opposition (Political science) - Poland - History - 20th century |
Social conflict - Poland - History - 20th century |
Electronic books. |
Poland Politics and government 1980-1989 |
Poland Social conditions 1980-1989 |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Patronage and Corruption in Communist Poland -- Part One. The Emergence of Opposition -- The First Systemic Crisis -- "Living Parallel to the System" : The Solidarity Generation -- A Line of Blood -- An Opposition Emerges -- Independent Organisations and Opposition -- Part Two. The Solidarity Revolution -- The Solidarity Explosion -- Social Solidarity and the Victory of Solidarnosc -- The Solidarity Revolution -- The Solidarity Offensive -- Bydgoszcz : the Turning Point -- The Party at War with itself. |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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In 1980 Polish workers astonished the world by demanding and winning an independent union with the right to strike, called Solidarity--the beginning of the end of the Soviet empire. Jack M. Bloom's Seeing Through the Eyes of the Polish Revolution explains how it happened, from the imposition to Communism to its end, based on 150 interviews of Solidarity leaders, activists, supporters and |
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