Books Are Weapons : The Polish Opposition Press and the Overthrow of Communism /

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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...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Doucette, Siobhan (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Baltimore, Maryland : Project Muse, 2018
Series:Series in Russian and East European studies.
Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Communism > Poland > History > 20th century.
Protest movements > Poland.
Printing industry > Poland > History > 20th century.
Publishers and publishing > Poland > History > 20th century.
Underground press publications > Poland > History > 20th century.
Poland > Politics and government > 1945-1980.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • 1. Genesis : the summer of 1976 to the summer of 1977
  • 2. Spread : the summer of 1977 to the summer of 1980
  • 3. Tactics : 1978-1979
  • 4. Burst : the summer of 1980
  • 5. Proliferation : September 1980 to December 13, 1981
  • 6. The First Solidarity National Congress, 1981
  • 7. Survival : martial law, December 1981 to July 1983
  • 8. Crisis and transition : the mid-1980s
  • 9. Pluralism : late 1986 to 1988
  • 10. Victory.

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