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Record Nr.

UNINA9910819368103321

Autore

Szporer Michael <1948->

Titolo

Solidarity : the great workers strike of 1980 / / Michael Szporer ; foreword by Mark Kramer

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Lanham, Md., : Lexington Books, c2012

ISBN

1-282-13438-8

9786613806963

0-7391-7488-6

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (359 p.)

Collana

The Harvard Cold War studies book series

Altri autori (Persone)

KramerMark

Disciplina

331.892/50943809048

Soggetti

Labor unions - Poland - History

Poland Politics and government 1980-1989

Poland Social conditions 1980-1989

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Acknowledgments; 1: Introduction; Solidarity Songs; 1 The Solidarity Movement, as Viewed from the Inside and the Outside; 2: The Strike; 2 "The People Were the Hero"; 3 The Making of a Solidarity Revolution; 4 Hoeing the Moon; 5 Moments of Conscience; 6 A Time for My Convictions; 7 The Morality of Truth; 8 Looking for Alternatives; 9 "We Were All Equal at the Shipyard"; 10 The Revolution that Evolved; 11 Solidarity of Attainable Goals; 12 Woman of Iron; 13 The Price of Freedom; 14 The Soup that Became a Downpour; 3: The Democratic Opposition; 15 The Making of NOWA

16 The Fringe of the Possible17 The Godfather of the Polish Opposition; 18 The Spirit of Gazeta Wyborcza; 19 The Solidarity of My Generation; 4: The Experts; 20 The Berlin Wall Started Falling in the Gdańsk Shipyard; 21 Lining Up Democracy; 22 Always Right; 5: Assessments; 23 The Controversy over Lech Wałęsa; 24 Managing Religion in Communist-Era Poland; 25 Anna Walentynowicz and the Legacy of Solidarity in Poland; 6: Appendix; 26 Chronology; 27 Declassified Documents from the Russian State Archive of Recent History; Works Cited; Index; About the Author

Sommario/riassunto

Solidarity:The Great Workers Strike of 1980 tells the story of this pivotal



period in Poland's history from the perspective of those who lived it. Through unique personal interviews with the individuals who helped breathe life into the Solidarity movement, Michael Szporer brings home the momentous impact these events had on the people involved and subsequent history that changed the face of Europe. This movement, which began as a strike, had major consequences that no one could have foreseen at the start. In this book, the individuals