02710nam 2200637 450 991048558470332120220419000306.03-653-04801-X3-631-70436-4(CKB)3710000001087258(MiAaPQ)EBC4818652(oapen)https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/70825(PPN)229141021(EXLCZ)99371000000108725820170316h20172017 uy 0engurcnu||||||||rdacontentrdamediardacarrierThrough the back door the black market in Poland, 1944-1989 /Jerzy KochanowskiBernPeter Lang International Academic Publishing Group2017Frankfurt am Main, [Germany] :Peter Lang Edition,2017.©20171 online resource (438 pages)Studies in Contemporary History,2364-2874 ;Volume 53-631-65585-1 Includes bibliographical references and index.This book analyzes the history of the black market in Poland before the 1940s and the development of black-market phenomena in post-war Poland. The author evaluates the interrelation between black-market phenomena and historical and geographical conditions. At first, the black market stabilized the system by making it more flexible and creating a margin of freedom, albeit in the short term. In the long run, the informal economic activities of the people ran counter to and undermined the official ideology of the state. The author concludes that in post-war Poland, owing to a singular coincidence of historical, political, economic and social factors, the second economy had its own unique character and an endemic presence that loomed large in the Soviet Bloc.Black marketPolandHistory20th centuryScarcityPolandHistory20th centuryPolandEconomic conditions1981-1990PolandEconomic conditions1945-1981PolandSocial conditions1945-1944–1989BlackBlack marketDoorHard currenciesIllegal economyKochanowskiMarketMeatMoonshinePolandBlack marketHistoryScarcityHistory381Kochanowski Jerzy974088MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910485584703321Through the back door2217406UNINA