Social Stratification in Poland. Eight Empirical Studies. Ed., Intr. by Kazimierz M. Slomczynski, Tadeusz K. Krauze. Forew. Gerhard Lenski

The American press and American television news have been filled with stories from Gdansk, Warsaw, Krakow, Lódz, and other Polish cities and towns. The names of a number of Polish leaders have become almost as familiar to Americans as the names of their own leaders, and the word " Solidarity" has acquired an important new meaning for Americans as well as Poles. The editor's identify that this interest of the American public has not been matched by corresponding interest from American sociologists, stating that Polish society is seldom mentioned either in major scholarly journals or in the textbooks written for students. This collection of studies seeks to address some of this issue, looking at works and the systems in Poland since 1956. "This title was first published in 1987: This is the autobiography of Fay Afaf Kanafani, an Arab Muslim woman born in Beirut in 1918. Through telling the story of her difficult life as a woman in such a society and her struggles to free herself from her father, brother and father-in-law, it offers a feminist view of a people and culture."--Provided by publisher This title was first published in 1986: The editor's identify that the interest of the American public in Polish matters has not been matched by corresponding interest from American sociologists. This collection of studies seeks to address some of this issue, looking at works and the systems in Poland since 1956