Through the back door : the black market in Poland, 1944-1989 / / Jerzy Kochanowski

• Autore: Kochanowski Jerzy
• Pubblicazione: Bern, : Peter Lang International Academic Publishing Group, 2017; Frankfurt am Main, [Germany] : , : Peter Lang Edition, , 2017; ©2017
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (438 pages)
• Disciplina: 381
• Soggetto topico: Black market - Poland - History - 20th century; Scarcity - Poland - History - 20th century
• Soggetto geografico: Poland Economic conditions 1981-1990; Poland Economic conditions 1945-1981; Poland Social conditions 1945-
• Soggetto non controllato: 1944–1989; Black; Black market; Door; Hard currencies; Illegal economy; Kochanowski; Market; Meat; Moonshine; Poland
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Sommario/riassunto: 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.
• Titolo autorizzato: Through the back door
• ISBN: 3-653-04801-X; 3-631-70436-4
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910485584703321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II