Subtitle:

How the Letters of “Ordinary People” Changed People’s Poland ; Listy do władzy 1945-1989 : studia przypadków

Publisher:

Oficyna Wydawnicza ASPRA ; Instytut Historii im. Tadeusza Manteuffla Polskiej Akademii Nauk

Place of publishing:

Warszawa

Description:

p. 137-174 ; Bibliography under articles. Index ; Summary in English. ; See also "Listy do władz centralnych w Polsce 1945–1989 (przewodnik)" = Letters to the Central Authorities in Poland, 1945–1989 (Guidebook): ; click here to follow the link

Type of object:

Book/Chapter

Abstract:

The author claims that in the history of post-war Poland, not only the letters written by public figures, which were evidence of the birth and development of the political opposition, played a significant role. It resembles letters of complaint written by “ordinary people” whose names have not gone down in history. It turned out, however, that their correspondence, sent to the authorities, contributed to changes not only in their local everyday life, but also a much wider reality. To prove this, the author refers to three examples: complaints about collectivization from Gryfice poviat in 1951, on the new administrative division of the village from 1972–1973 and on abuses in production and meat trade in the 1960s.

Detailed Resource Type:

Chapter

Resource Identifier:

oai:rcin.org.pl:233648 ; 978-83-7545-933-3 ; 978-83-65880-51-2

Source:

IH PAN, call no. II.14637 ; IH PAN, call no. II.14636 Podr. ; click here to follow the link

Language:

pol ; eng

Language of abstract:

eng

Rights:

Creative Commons Attribution BY-ND 4.0 license

Terms of use:

Copyright-protected material. [CC BY-ND 4.0] May be used within the scope specified in Creative Commons Attribution BY-ND 4.0 license, full text available at: ; -

Digitizing institution:

Institute of History of the Polish Academy of Sciences

Original in:

Library of the Institute of History PAS

Projects co-financed by:

National Science Center

Access:

Open