Red Petrograd: Revolution in the Factories, 1917-1918

“Justly celebrated as a towering, vivid, historically vital work.”—China Miéville

When the Russian autocracy fell in February 1917, workers across Petrograd took it as a signal to begin democratizing every aspect of their lives, including their working lives. In this classic study, S.A. Smith vividly captures the creation, development, and expansion of the factory councils across the city.

S.A. Smith taught at Essex University, the European University in Florence, was a senior research fellow at All Souls College, Oxford, and currently teaches at Oxford University. He edits the journal Past and Present.

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Red Petrograd: Revolution in the Factories, 1917-1918

“Justly celebrated as a towering, vivid, historically vital work.”—China Miéville

When the Russian autocracy fell in February 1917, workers across Petrograd took it as a signal to begin democratizing every aspect of their lives, including their working lives. In this classic study, S.A. Smith vividly captures the creation, development, and expansion of the factory councils across the city.

S.A. Smith taught at Essex University, the European University in Florence, was a senior research fellow at All Souls College, Oxford, and currently teaches at Oxford University. He edits the journal Past and Present.

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Red Petrograd: Revolution in the Factories, 1917-1918

Red Petrograd: Revolution in the Factories, 1917-1918

by S. A. Smith
Red Petrograd: Revolution in the Factories, 1917-1918

Red Petrograd: Revolution in the Factories, 1917-1918

by S. A. Smith
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“Justly celebrated as a towering, vivid, historically vital work.”—China Miéville

When the Russian autocracy fell in February 1917, workers across Petrograd took it as a signal to begin democratizing every aspect of their lives, including their working lives. In this classic study, S.A. Smith vividly captures the creation, development, and expansion of the factory councils across the city.

S.A. Smith taught at Essex University, the European University in Florence, was a senior research fellow at All Souls College, Oxford, and currently teaches at Oxford University. He edits the journal Past and Present.


Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781608468638
Publisher: Haymarket Books
Publication date: 11/14/2017
Pages: 360
Product dimensions: 5.50(w) x 8.40(h) x 1.30(d)

About the Author

S.A. Smith taught at Essex University, the European Universityin Florence, was a Senior Research Fellow at All Souls College, Oxford, and currently teaches at Oxford University. He edits the journal, Past and Present, and has authored numerous books and articles.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements; introduction; 1. A profile of the Petrograd working class on the eve of 1917; 2. The tsarist factory; 3. The February revolution: a new dispensation in the factories; 4. The structure and functions of the factory committees; 5. Trade unions and the betterment of wages; 6. The theory and practice of workers' control of production; 7. Deepening economic chaos and the intensification of workers' control; 8. The social structure of the labour movement; 9. The October Revolution and the organisation of industry; 10. The economic crisis and the fate of workers' control: October 1917 to Junw 1918; Conclusion; Notes; Bibliography; Index.
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