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Books are weapons : the Polish opposition press and the overthrow of communism /
Books Are Weapons shows how the independent press, rooted in the long Polish tradition of well-organized resistance to foreign occupation, reshaped this tradition to embrace non-violent civil resistance while creating a network which evolved from a small group of dissidents into a broad opposition m...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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[Pittsburgh, Pa.] :
University of Pittsburgh Press,
[2017]
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| Colección: | Series in Russian and East European studies.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | Books Are Weapons shows how the independent press, rooted in the long Polish tradition of well-organized resistance to foreign occupation, reshaped this tradition to embrace non-violent civil resistance while creating a network which evolved from a small group of dissidents into a broad opposition movement with cross-national ties and millions of sympathizers. It was the galvanizing force in the resistance to communism and the rebuilding of Poland's democratic society in the 1980s.-- |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (xix, 331 pages) : illustrations |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 307-318) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780822983194 0822983192 |