More than seventy years since the Bolsheviks came to power, there is
still no comprehensive study of workers' activism in history's first
successful workers' revolution. Strikes and Revolution in Russia, 1917
is the first effort in any language to explore this issue in both
quantitative and qualitative terms and to relate strikes to the broader
processes of Russia's revolutionary transformation. Diane Koenker and
William Rosenberg not only provide a new basis for understanding
essential elements of Russia's social and political history in this
critical period but also make a strong contribution to the literature on
European labor movements. Using statistical techniques, but without
letting methodology dominate their discussion, the authors examine such
major problems as the mobilization of labor and management, factory
relations, perceptions, the formation of social identities, and the
relationship between labor protest and politics in 1917. They challenge
common assumptions by showing that much strike activity in 1917 can be
understood as routine, but they are also able to demonstrate how the
character of strikes began to change and why.
Originally published in 1990.
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