
Seeing Through the Eyes of the Polish Revolution : Solidarity and the Struggle Against Communism in Poland.
Title:
Seeing Through the Eyes of the Polish Revolution : Solidarity and the Struggle Against Communism in Poland.
Author:
Bloom, Jack M.
ISBN:
9789004252769
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Edition:
1st ed.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (440 pages)
Series:
Historical Materialism Book Series ; v.50
Historical Materialism Book Series
Contents:
Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Chapter One Patronage and Corruption in Communist Poland -- Part One The Emergence of Opposition -- Chapter Two The First Systemic Crisis -- Chapter Three 'Living Parallel to the System': The Solidarity Generation -- Chapter Four A Line of Blood -- Chapter Five An Opposition Emerges -- Chapter Six Independent Organisations and Opposition -- Part Two The Solidarity Revolution -- Chapter Seven The Solidarity Explosion -- Chapter Eight Social Solidarity and the Victory of Solidarność -- Chapter Nine The Solidarity Revolution -- Chapter Ten The Solidarity Offensive -- Chapter Eleven Bydgoszcz: the Turning Point -- Chapter Twelve The Party at War with Itself -- Chapter Thirteen Approaching Open Conflict -- Part Three A Resurgent Opposition and the End of Communism in Poland -- Chapter Fourteen Counter-Revolution! -- Chapter Fifteen The Resistance -- Chapter Sixteen Rebuilding the Movement -- Chapter Seventeen 'To Kill a Priest' -- Chapter Eighteen Negotiating the End -- Conclusion -- Researching the Polish Revolution -- Glossary of Interviewees -- References -- Index.
Abstract:
Jack M. Bloom presents a moving account of how an opposition developed and triumphed in communist Poland, showing the perspectives and experiences of the participants, while often letting them recount their own stories and explain their thinking.
Local Note:
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2017. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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