God’s Playground. A History of Poland, Vol. 2. 1795 to the Present

THE PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC 447 In three decades, the population had risen from 23.9 million in the first post- war census of 14 Febru ...

448 POLSKA LUDOWA 1975 (projected figure), the Comecon countries accounted for two-thirds of Poland's foreign commercial turnove ...

THE PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC 449 management vainly opposed the ingrained habits of an endlessly ingenious workforce. Low productivity, ...

45° POLSKA LUDOWA society, feeding the nation and paying their taxes, but not enjoying the full benefits of the Welfare State. I ...

THE PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC 451 nizations in 1949, was entirely controlled by the Party and at the shop level was organized on the bas ...

452- POLSKA LUDOWA Soviet model, and from 1949 to 1956 were directly subordinated to Soviet com- mand. Since 1955, they contribu ...

THE PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC 453 emas, newspapers, radio, and television; and state support had made the career of the approved artist ...

454 POLSKA LUDOWA Diagram G. Party and State Organs of the People's Republic (1979)(and opposite) ...

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456 POLSKA LUDOWA Map 23. The Polish People's Repulic (1975) nothing, and I know it all. That's why I decided to write about it. ...

THE PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC 457 and slavish conformism are not often compatible. Many of the most prominent and favoured figures, such ...

458 POLSKA LUDOWA essential arts of irony, of criticism, of ambiguity, or of gentle self-denigration, was no cultural programme ...

THE PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC 459 rect Party control by supervision from above was supplemented by direct control from within, through d ...

460 POLSKA LUDOWA state law, nothing new was introduced into the external parameters of the Republic's post-war predicament. But ...

THE PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC 461 President of the Council of Ministers led at first to the withdrawal of the Cardinal-Primate's passpor ...

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464 POLSKA LUDOWA group of Catholic laymen based in Cracow. Through their journals Znak (The Sign) and Tygodnik Powszechny (Univ ...

THE PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC 465 mercenary foundations of Party loyalty were evinced by the lavish salary sup- plements of Party member ...

(^466) POLSKA LUDOWA history. The landmarks - from the Old Town Square and St. John's Cathedral in the north to Lazienki and Wil ...