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Secrets and Truths : Ethnography in the Archive of Romania's Secret Police /

Nothing in Soviet-style communism was as shrouded in mystery as its secret police. Its paid employees were known to few and their actual numbers remain uncertain. Its informers and collaborators operated clandestinely under pseudonyms and met their officers in secret locations. Its files were inacce...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Verdery, Katherine, 1948-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Budapest : Central European University Press, 2014.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo

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