General Information

Author/Creator

Doucette, Siobhan, author.

Language

English.

Published

Pittsburgh, Pa. : University of Pittsburgh Press, 2017.

Physical Description

xix, 331 pages : illustrations, facsimiles ; 23 cm.

Series

Series in Russian and East European studies.

Contents/Summary

Summary

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 movement with cross-national ties and millions of sympathizers. It was the galvanizing force in the resistance to communism and the rebuilding of Poland's democratic society in the 1980s.--

Subjects

Subject

Underground press publications > Poland > History > 20th century.

Publishers and publishing > Poland > History > 20th century.

Printing industry > Poland > History > 20th century.

Protest movements > Poland.

Communism > Poland > History > 20th century.

Poland > Politics and government > 1945-1980.

Bibliographic Information

Responsibility

Siobhan Doucette.

Series

Pitt Series in Russian and East European Studies

ISBN

082296502

9780822965022

Holdings

Item Type	Current Location	Collection	Call Number	Volume Info	Shelving Location	Public Note
Book	OSA Archivum Library	Reference collection	943.805/5 DOU		Reference	-

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