Daily Mobilization On Book-Readership Propaganda in Stalinist Poland, and the Obstacles Hindering Enquiries on this Subject

Abstract

The author attempts to answer the question, what basic hindrances deter researching the issue of readership in Poland during the period 1948–1956, and how these obstacles can be overcome. In his opinion these difficulties encompass: (1) Acquiring the knowledge how to look for and gather primary sources. The successful researcher needs to transcend methodological barriers, which derive from the habits of historians and book-studies specialists, who tend to work on different kinds of documentation.