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Seeing Through The Eyes Of The Polish Revolution: Solidarity And The Struggle Against Communism In Poland
Historical Materialism, Volume 50
Series: Historical Materialism
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In 1980, Polish workers astonished the world by demanding and winning an independent union with the right to strike, called Solidarity. It was the beginning of the end of the Soviet empire.
Jack M. Bloom's Seeing Through the Eyes of the Polish Revolution explains how this happened, from the imposition of Communism to its end, based on 150 interviews with Solidarity leaders, activists, supporters, and opponents.
Bloom presents how Solidarity survived the imposition of martial law and how the opposition forced the government to negotiate itself out of power.
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ISBN: 9781608463763
Publisher: Haymarket Books
Format: Paperback / softback
Date Published: 29 July 2014
Country: United States
Imprint: Haymarket Books
Audience: General / adult
DIMENSIONS
Width: 152.0mm
Height: 227.0mm
Weight: 607g
Pages: 428
About the Author
Jack Bloom is Associate Professor of Sociology and Adjunct Associate Professor of Minority Studies and of History at Indiana University Northwest. He has published the award-winning Class, Race and the Civil Rights Movement (Indiana University Press, 1987).
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