Women, communism, and industrialization in postwar Poland /

Malgorzata Fidelis' study of female industrial workers in postwar Poland proves that women were central to the making of communist society.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Fidelis, Malgorzata, 1971-
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2010.
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Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • Visions of equality: the state, the church, and women's sections
  • Heroines and rebels: accomodation and resistance on the shop floor
  • From village to factory: creating the new proletarians
  • New women for new occupations: the case of coal mining
  • Women astray: debating sexuality and reproduction during the thaw
  • Reforming the system, protecting motherhood: contradictions of the poststalinist experience
  • Epilogue: from communism to postcommunism
  • Appendix. Personal interviews.