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Title:

THROUGH THE BACK DOOR
THE BLACK MARKET IN POLAND 1944-1989

By:

Jerzy Kochanowski

Format:

Hardback

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ISBN 10:

3631655851

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9783631655856

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Publisher:

PETER LANG AG

Pub. date:

29 December, 2016

Series:

Studies in Contemporary History 5

Pages:

436

Description:

This book analyzes the black market history in Poland up to the 1940s and the development of black-market phenomena in post-war Poland. The author evaluates the interrelation between the black-market phenomena and historical and geographical conditions.

Synopsis:

This book analyzes the history of the black market in Poland before the 1940s and the development of black-market phenomena in post-war Poland. The author evaluates the interrelation between black-market phenomena and historical and geographical conditions. At first, the black market stabilized the system by making it more flexible and creating a margin of freedom, albeit in the short term. In the long run, the informal economic activities of the people ran counter to and undermined the official ideology of the state. The author concludes that in post-war Poland, owing to a singular coincidence of historical, political, economic and social factors, the second economy had its own unique character and an endemic presence that loomed large in the Soviet Bloc.

Illustrations:

36 Illustrations, unspecified

Publication:

Switzerland

Imprint:

Peter Lang AG

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