Seeing through the eyes of the Polish Revolution

Titel: Seeing through the eyes of the Polish Revolution : Solidarity and the struggle against communism in Poland / by Jack M. Bloom
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Veröffentlicht: Leiden ˜[u.a.]œ : Brill, 2013
Umfang: XI, 428 S.
Format: Buch
Sprache: Englisch
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Historical materialism book series ; 50
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ISBN: 9004231803 ; 9789004231801
  • Acknowledgments
  • p. ix
  • Introduction
  • p. 1
  • 1
  • Patronage and Corruption in Communist Poland
  • p. 17
  • Part 1
  • The Emergence of Opposition
  • 2
  • The First Systemic Crisis
  • p. 45
  • 3
  • 'Living Parallel to the System': The Solidarity Generation
  • p. 67
  • 4
  • A Line of Blood
  • p. 81
  • 5
  • An Opposition Emerges it
  • p. 99
  • 6
  • Independent Organisations and Opposition
  • p. 125
  • Part 2
  • The Solidarity Revolution
  • 7
  • The Solidarity Explosion
  • p. 145
  • 8
  • Social Solidarity and the Victory of Solidarnosc
  • p. 165
  • 9
  • The Solidarity Revolution
  • p. 183
  • 10
  • The Solidarity Offensive
  • p. 199
  • 11
  • Bydgoszcz: the Turning Point
  • p. 219
  • 12
  • The Party at War with Itself
  • p. 237
  • 13
  • Approaching Open Conflict
  • p. 261
  • Part 3
  • A Resurgent Opposition and the End of Communism in Poland
  • 14
  • Counter-Revolution!
  • p. 287
  • 15
  • The Resistance
  • p. 307
  • 16
  • Rebuilding the Movement
  • p. 323
  • 17
  • 'To Kill a Priest'
  • p. 345
  • 18
  • Negotiating the End
  • p. 363
  • Conclusion
  • p. 375
  • Researching the Polish Revolution
  • p. 387
  • Glossary of Interviewees
  • p. 399
  • References
  • p. 409
  • Index
  • p. 421