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Games prisoners play : the tragicomic worlds of Polish prison /

On March 11, 1985, a van was pulled over in Warsaw for a routine traffic check that turned out to be anything but routine. Inside was Marek Kaminski, a Warsaw University student who also ran an underground press for Solidarity. The police discovered illegal books in the vehicle, and in a matter of h...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Kaminski, Marek, 1962- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Princeton : Princeton University Press, [2018]
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo

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