Through the back door : the black market in Poland, 1944-1989 / Jerzy Kochanowski.

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Kochanowski, Jerzy [Browse]
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Book
Language
English
Published/​Created
Frankfurt am Main ; New York : Peter Lang Edition, [2017]
Description
436 pages ; 22 cm.

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    Series
    • Studies in contemporary history (Frankfurt am Main, Germany) ; v. 5. [More in this series]
    • Studies in contemporary history ; volume 5
    Notes
    Translation of: Tylnymi drzwiami : "czarny rynek" w Polsce, 1944-1989; Warszawa : Wydawnictwo "Neriton", 2010.
    Bibliographic references
    Includes bibliographical references (pages 397-418).
    Contents
    • Foreword
    • Terms and methods
    • Shortage, greed, protest : a short course in the history of the black market in the first half of the 20th century
    • The Polish (anti) speculation curve : 1944-1989
    • The (historical) geography of the black market in the Polish People's Republic
    • Meat
    • Alcohol
    • Gasoline
    • Dollar and gold
    • The tourist trade in communist Poland
    • Closing remarks: Through the back door ... or the front?
    • Glossary.
    ISBN
    • 9783631655856 ((print))
    • 3631655851 ((print))
    LCCN
    2016051003
    OCLC
    962359806
    Other standard number
    • 99971900929
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