LEADER 02358cam a22004575i 4500003 hubpceuo 005 20191024132045.0 006 a|||||r|||| 00| 0 007 ta 008 190502t20172017pauah b 001 0 eng d 010 2018275887 020 082296502X |q(acid-free paper : paperback) 020 9780822965022 |q(acid-free paper : paperback) 024 8 40027924437 035 (OCoLC)ocn989044244 040 YDX |beng |cYDX |erda |dCDX |dOCLCF |dMUB |dTKN |dHTM |dIAY |dFIE |dOCL |dCOD |dOCLCA |dUBY |dDLC |dhubpceuo 041 eng 042 lccopycat 043 e-pl--- 082 04 943.805/5 |223 100 1 Doucette, Siobhan, |eauthor. 245 10 Books are weapons : |bthe Polish opposition press and the overthrow of communism / |cSiobhan Doucette. 260 Pittsburgh, Pa. : |bUniversity of Pittsburgh Press, |c2017. 300 xix, 331 pages : |billustrations, facsimiles ; |c23 cm. 337 unmediated 490 1 Pitt Series in Russian and East European Studies 504 Includes bibliographical references (pages 307-318) and index. 520 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.-- 650 0 Underground press publications |zPoland |xHistory |y20th century. 650 0 Publishers and publishing |zPoland |xHistory |y20th century. 650 0 Printing industry |zPoland |xHistory |y20th century. 650 0 Protest movements |zPoland. 650 0 Communism |zPoland |xHistory |y20th century. 651 0 Poland |xPolitics and government |y1945-1980. 830 0 Series in Russian and East European studies. 942 |2ddc |cBK 952 |00 |10 |2ddc |40 |6943_805000000000000_5_DOU |70 |8REF |9128810OSA |bOSA |d2019-10-24 |eOSA |l0 |o943.805/5 DOU |r2019-10-24 |w2019-10-24 |yBK |cReference 920 01 VYBqJWX2 992 01 943_805000000000000_5_DOU |bQVW_RZUZZZZZZZZZZZZ_U_MB5 966 |cIn the Research Room