General Information

Uniform Title

Konspira.

Author/Creator

Łopiński, Maciej, 1947-

Language

English.

Published

Berkeley : University of California Press, c1990.

Physical Description

xix, 261 p., [12] p. of plates : ill. ; 24 cm.

Series

Studies in society and culture in East-Central Europe

Contributors

Contributor

Moskit, Marcin, (joint author.)

Wilk, Mariusz, 1955- (joint author.)

Contents/Summary

Summary

Konspira bares the soul and mind of Solidarity not long before the movement's stunning emergence as Poland's political vanguard. Written while martial law still gripped the country, Konspira tells the inside story of this inspiring contemporary workers' movement. The authors taped, then consolidated, over a hundred hours of secret interviews. Their subjects were eight of the most prominent Solidarity union leaders, gone into hiding as the result of a nationwide police-military crackdown by the Polish government. Solidarity activists were either locked up in internment camps or forced underground, where they coordinated a clandestine network to sustain their organization. This compelling account of a crucial episode in the history of the Solidarity movement is both intimate and representative of the growing opposition to entrenched Communist regimes in East-Central Europe.

Subjects

Subject

NSZZ "Solidarność" (Labor organization).

Conspiracies > Poland.

Dissenters > Poland.

Poland > Politics and government > 1980-1989.

Bibliographic Information

Responsibility

Maciej Łopiński, Marcin Moskit, Mariusz Wilk ; translated by Jane Cave ; afterword by Lawrence Weschler.

Note

Translation of: Konspira.

"A centennial book"--3rd prelim. page.

Library Special Collection

HU OSA 300 - RFE/RL collection

ISBN

0520061314

Holdings

Item Type	Current Location	Collection	Call Number	Volume Info	Shelving Location	Public Note
Book	OSA Archivum Library	General collection	322/.2/09438 LOP		OSA Repository	-

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