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1905 in St. Petersburg: Labor, Society, and Revolution

by Gerald D. Surh. 460 pgs.

Contributors:

   Gerald D. Surh

Publisher:

   Stanford University Press

Place of Publication:

  Stanford, CA  

Publication Year:

  1989

Subjects:

Working Class--Russia (Federation)--Saint Petersburg--Political Activity--History--20th Century, Strikes And Lockouts--Russia (Federation)--Saint Petersburg--History--20th Century, Russia--History--Revolution, 1905-1907

	Contents
	Preface	xiii
	Chapter One THE CITY AND THE WORKERS	1
	Workers and the Working Class , ; Migration and Urbanization , ; Conditions of Work in the Capital , ; City Center and Periphery ,	6
	Chapter Two STRIKE MOVEMENTS AND THE RISING POLITICAL TIDE, 1896-1904	51
	The Strike Movement of 1896, ; 1896 and 1901: From Textile Workers to Metalworkers, ; The Politics of Economism , ; The 1901 Strikes ,	65
	Chapter Three 1904	99
	Father Gapon and the Assembly of Russian Workers, ; Consensus and Conflict in the Assembly , ; The Expansion and Diffusion of Liberal Oppositionism , ; Into the Abyss: The Assembly Joins the Opposition ,	116
	Chapter Four THE JANUARY STRIKE	154
	The January Days , ; The Intelligentsia Response , ; The Structure of Protest , ; Strike Demands, ; From January to February ,	155
	Chapter Five THE WORKERS' MOVEMENT IN FEBRUARY	200
	The Shidlovskii Commission Elections , ; Factory Deputies and Organization , ; Working-Class Leadership , ; Workers and the Intelligentsia , ; Conclusion: The First Phase of Protest ,	204
	Chapter Six THE UNITY AND DIVERSITY OF THE OPPOSITION, MARCH-SEPTEMBER 1905	252
	The Liberals Take the Lead , ; The Factory Movement in the Spring and Summer, ; The Struggle for Unionization , ; The September Days ,	252
	Chapter Seven THE FIRST REVOLUTION IN OCTOBER	304
	The Liberals in late Summer , ; The October General Strike in Petersburg , ; The Soviet of Workers' Deputies , ; October 18 , ; The Soviet Between Worker and Tsar ,	304
	Chapter Eight THE NOVEMBER STRIKE AND THE EIGHT-HOUR DAY	350
	Popular Response to the Manifesto , ; The November General Strike , ; The Eight-Hour-Day Campaign , ; Liberal Support and Dissent , ; Soviet Deputies and the Factory Population , ; Unionization During the "Days of Liberty ," ; The Last Days of the Soviet of Workers' Deputies ,	350
	Conclusion	406
	Appendix 1. The Industrial Crisis and St. Petersburg Labor	417
	Appendix 2. The Petersburg Printers	421
	Bibliography	429
	Index	449

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