Book/Printed Material Poland : a country study
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Image 1 of Poland : a country study area handbook series Poland a country study- Contributor: Library of Congress. Federal Research Division - Curtis, Glenn E. (Glenn Eldon)
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Image 2 of Poland : a country study- Contributor: Library of Congress. Federal Research Division - Curtis, Glenn E. (Glenn Eldon)
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Image 3 of Poland : a country study- Contributor: Library of Congress. Federal Research Division - Curtis, Glenn E. (Glenn Eldon)
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Image 4 of Poland : a country study- Contributor: Library of Congress. Federal Research Division - Curtis, Glenn E. (Glenn Eldon)
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Image 5 of Poland : a country study Poland a country study Federal Research Division Library of Congress- Contributor: Library of Congress. Federal Research Division - Curtis, Glenn E. (Glenn Eldon)
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Image 6 of Poland : a country study On the cover Arched entrance to the monastery of Jasna Gora at Czestochowa Third Edition First Printing 1994 Library of Congress CataloginginPublication Data Poland a country study Federal Research Division Library of…- Contributor: Library of Congress. Federal Research Division - Curtis, Glenn E. (Glenn Eldon)
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Image 7 of Poland : a country study Foreword This volume is one in a continuing series of books prepared by the Federal Research Division of the Library of Congress under the Country StudiesArea Handbook Program sponsored by the Department…- Contributor: Library of Congress. Federal Research Division - Curtis, Glenn E. (Glenn Eldon)
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Image 8 of Poland : a country study- Contributor: Library of Congress. Federal Research Division - Curtis, Glenn E. (Glenn Eldon)
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Image 9 of Poland : a country study Acknowledgments The authors are indebted to numerous individuals and organi zations who provided materials time advice and expertise on Po lish affairs for this volume Thanks go to Ralph K Benesch who…- Contributor: Library of Congress. Federal Research Division - Curtis, Glenn E. (Glenn Eldon)
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Image 10 of Poland : a country study- Contributor: Library of Congress. Federal Research Division - Curtis, Glenn E. (Glenn Eldon)
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Image 11 of Poland : a country study Contents Page Foreword iii Acknowledgments v Preface xiii Chronology of Important Events xv Country Profile xxi Introduction XXIX Chapter 1 Historical Setting 1 Neal Pease EARLY HISTORY UNTIL 1385 3 The Origins…- Contributor: Library of Congress. Federal Research Division - Curtis, Glenn E. (Glenn Eldon)
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Image 12 of Poland : a country study The Jaruzelski Interlude 47 The 1989 Elections and Their Aftermath 50 Chapter 2 The Society and Its Environment 53 Glenn E Curtis PHYSICAL SETTING 56 Topography 57 Drainage 60 Climate 61 ENVIRONMENT…- Contributor: Library of Congress. Federal Research Division - Curtis, Glenn E. (Glenn Eldon)
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Image 13 of Poland : a country study Chapter 3 The Economy 115 Zbigniew M Fallenbuchl NATURAL RESOURCES 118 Minerals and Fuels 118 Agricultural Resources 120 Labor Force 120 THE ECONOMY UNDER THE COMMUNIST SYSTEM 121 System Structure 121 Development…- Contributor: Library of Congress. Federal Research Division - Curtis, Glenn E. (Glenn Eldon)
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Image 14 of Poland : a country study The Olszewski Government 181 The Pawlak Interlude 183 The Suchocka Government 183 THE CONSTITUTION 184 The Constitution of 1952 184 Constitutional Revisions after April 1989 187 GOVERNMENT STRUCTURE 188 Presidency 189 Sejm…- Contributor: Library of Congress. Federal Research Division - Curtis, Glenn E. (Glenn Eldon)
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Image 15 of Poland : a country study The Interwar Years 234 World War II 236 The Communist Era 237 NATIONAL SECURITY POLICY 244 Threat Perception 244 Military Doctrine 247 Strategy and Tactics 250 Military Cooperation and Exchanges 251 DEFENSE…- Contributor: Library of Congress. Federal Research Division - Curtis, Glenn E. (Glenn Eldon)
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Image 16 of Poland : a country study 9 Independent Poland 192139 32 10 Occupied Poland in World War II 38 11 Postwar Territorial Adjustments 1945 40 12 Topography and Drainage 58 13 Population Density by District 1992 70 14…- Contributor: Library of Congress. Federal Research Division - Curtis, Glenn E. (Glenn Eldon)
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Image 17 of Poland : a country study Preface At the end of the 1980s Poland like the other countries of Eastern Europe underwent a rather sudden shift away from communist rule and into an uncertain new world of democracy…- Contributor: Library of Congress. Federal Research Division - Curtis, Glenn E. (Glenn Eldon)
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Image 18 of Poland : a country study occurred since the completion of research the Chronology Country Profile and Glossary include updated information as available and the Bibliography includes recently published sources thought to be particularly helpful to the reader…- Contributor: Library of Congress. Federal Research Division - Curtis, Glenn E. (Glenn Eldon)
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Image 19 of Poland : a country study Table A Chronology of Important Events Period Description MEDIEVAL PERIOD 966 1025 1079 1226 1241 1320 133370 1364 1385 1410 SIXTEENTH CENTURY 15001600 1526 1543 Prince Mieszko adopts Christianity traditional date of…- Contributor: Library of Congress. Federal Research Division - Curtis, Glenn E. (Glenn Eldon)
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Image 20 of Poland : a country study Table A Continued Period Description EIGHTEENTH CENTURY ca 170025 1764 176872 177273 1791 179293 1794 1795 NINETEENTH CENTURY 180715 ca 182055 183031 1846 186364 ca 18641900 TWENTIETH CENTURY 191418 ca 191921 Poland…- Contributor: Library of Congress. Federal Research Division - Curtis, Glenn E. (Glenn Eldon)
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Image 21 of Poland : a country study Table A Continued Period Description 1926 Jozef Pilsudski gains power by coup and establishes sanacja government that rules until 1939 1939 World War II begins with September invasions of Poland by Nazi…- Contributor: Library of Congress. Federal Research Division - Curtis, Glenn E. (Glenn Eldon)
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Image 22 of Poland : a country study Table A Continued Period Description 1978 Cardinal Karol Wojtyla elected pope takes name John Paul II 1980 Nationwide worker strikes culminate in occupation of Lenin Shipyard in Gdansk state authorities sign Gdansk…- Contributor: Library of Congress. Federal Research Division - Curtis, Glenn E. (Glenn Eldon)
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Image 23 of Poland : a country study Table A Continued Period Description October December 1992 February May August 1993 October Parliamentary elections seat fragmented Sejm Jan Ol szewski chosen compromise prime minister Soviet Union officially breaks up Parliament passes…- Contributor: Library of Congress. Federal Research Division - Curtis, Glenn E. (Glenn Eldon)
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Image 24 of Poland : a country study- Contributor: Library of Congress. Federal Research Division - Curtis, Glenn E. (Glenn Eldon)
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Image 25 of Poland : a country study Country Profile Country Formal Name Republic of Poland Short Form Poland Capital Warsaw Flag Two equalsized horizontal bands upper white and lower red NOTE The Country Profile contains updated information as available…- Contributor: Library of Congress. Federal Research Division - Curtis, Glenn E. (Glenn Eldon)
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Image 26 of Poland : a country study Geography Size 312683 square kilometers including inland waters Topography Chiefly plains most notably in vast central lowlands significant highlands in southwest Sudeten Mountains and southeast Tatra Mountains northernmost part of Carpathian range…- Contributor: Library of Congress. Federal Research Division - Curtis, Glenn E. (Glenn Eldon)
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Image 27 of Poland : a country study Economy Salient Features Wideranging measures taken beginning in 1990 to convert communist economy into marketoriented system in cluding commercialization of interest and exchange rates aboli tion of price subsidies and wage indexation…- Contributor: Library of Congress. Federal Research Division - Curtis, Glenn E. (Glenn Eldon)
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Image 28 of Poland : a country study 1991 began reemphasis on opening Western markets Comecon group export share declined to 98 percent 1991 Currency Zloty exchange rate March 1993 US1 equalled 15900 zloty Fiscal Year calendar year Transportation Railroads…- Contributor: Library of Congress. Federal Research Division - Curtis, Glenn E. (Glenn Eldon)
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Image 29 of Poland : a country study Government and Politics Government Prescribed by 1952 constitution its many amend ments and 1992 Little Constitution that defines executive pow ers Legislative power centered in popularly elected bicameral National Assembly upper 100member…- Contributor: Library of Congress. Federal Research Division - Curtis, Glenn E. (Glenn Eldon)
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Image 30 of Poland : a country study months navy and air force two years Mid 1992 total activeduty strength 296500 Of 194200 army personnel 109800 conscripts of 83000 air force personnel 47000 conscripts of 19300 navy personnel 10600 conscripts…- Contributor: Library of Congress. Federal Research Division - Curtis, Glenn E. (Glenn Eldon)
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Image 32 of Poland : a country study LITHUANIA 73 RU SS1A jr ILSZTYN ft r SUWAtKI V I J AOSTROtKA 1 i tOMZA 7 f BIAtYSTOK I HANOW k 1 s r J v C BEL Warsaw 7 SwAMAwl…- Contributor: Library of Congress. Federal Research Division - Curtis, Glenn E. (Glenn Eldon)
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Image 33 of Poland : a country study Introduction A NEW ERA BEGAN for the nation of Poland in 1989 when the last communist regime ended unexpectedly and the Poles began to explore the potentials and pitfalls of true independence…- Contributor: Library of Congress. Federal Research Division - Curtis, Glenn E. (Glenn Eldon)
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Image 34 of Poland : a country study i szczecin t G0RZ6w PltA StUPSK I GDANSK ELBLAG r V _ OLSZTYN WBYDGOSZCZj V j J TORUN I 1 C BIAtYSTOK j e jC S f 1 jCIECHANOW 1 s H…- Contributor: Library of Congress. Federal Research Division - Curtis, Glenn E. (Glenn Eldon)
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Image 35 of Poland : a country study- Contributor: Library of Congress. Federal Research Division - Curtis, Glenn E. (Glenn Eldon)
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Image 36 of Poland : a country study and most enduring expression of social discontent was initiated by the Solidarity labor movement in 1980 Although officially illegal from 1981 to 1989 Solidarity was the symbolic spearhead of Poland s national…- Contributor: Library of Congress. Federal Research Division - Curtis, Glenn E. (Glenn Eldon)
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Image 37 of Poland : a country study and to regain the public trust that had eroded since the initial post communist optimism of 1990 At the stage when Poland emerged from Soviet dominance it had a homogeneous ethnic culture…- Contributor: Library of Congress. Federal Research Division - Curtis, Glenn E. (Glenn Eldon)
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Image 38 of Poland : a country study church and state which was a fundamental of the Western con stitutional democracy to which Poland aspired and preserving the thorough penetration of Polish secular life by religionbased ethics Debate on the…- Contributor: Library of Congress. Federal Research Division - Curtis, Glenn E. (Glenn Eldon)
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Image 39 of Poland : a country study system that would promote economic reform which all sides recog nized as Poland s top priority The Little Constitution helped reduce the confusion and near paralysis that had afflicted the central government…- Contributor: Library of Congress. Federal Research Division - Curtis, Glenn E. (Glenn Eldon)
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Image 40 of Poland : a country study strong advocacy of rapid capitalization of the economy but in 1992 his traditional constituency the workers in large factories increas ingly resisted painful transition steps such as wage controls and the closing…- Contributor: Library of Congress. Federal Research Division - Curtis, Glenn E. (Glenn Eldon)
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