Games Prisoners Play: The Tragicomic Worlds of Polish Prison by Marek M. Kaminski - 2004-05-10

Princeton University Press. Used - Very Good. 2004. Hardcover. Very Good.

Princeton. 2004. Princeton University Press. 1st American Edition. Very Good in Dustjacket. 0691117217. 248 pages. hardcover. keywords: Sociology Prison. FROM THE PUBLISHER - On March 11, 1985, a van was pulled over in Warsaw for a routine traffic check that turned out to be anything but routine. Inside was Marek Kaminski, a Warsaw University student who also ran an underground press for Solidarity. The police discovered illegal books in the vehicle, and in a matter of hours five secret police escorted Kaminski to jail. A sociology and mathematics major one day, Kaminski was the next a political prisoner trying to adjust to a bizarre and dangerous new world. This remarkable book represents his attempts to understand that world. As a coping strategy until he won his freedom half a year later by faking serious illness, Kaminski took clandestine notes on prison subculture. Much later, he discovered the key to unlocking that culture - game theory. Prison first appeared an irrational world of unpredictable… Read More

Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 2004. First Edition, First printing. Hard Cover. AS NEW IN DUST JACKET.

Princeton University Press, 2004-05-30. Hardcover. New. As new clean tight and bright Please email for photos.

hardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.

Princeton University Press, 2004-05-30. Hardcover. New. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title!

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