From peasant to Petersburger / Evel G. Economakis.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Economakis, Evel G.

Contributor:

Alumni and Friends Memorial Book Fund.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Working class--Russia (Federation)--Saint Petersburg--History--19th century.

Working class.

Working class--Russia (Federation)--Saint Petersburg--History--20th century.

Working class--Political activity--Russia (Federation)--Saint Petersburg.

Working class--Political activity.

Social classes.

History.

Rural-urban migration.

Peasants.

Russia (Federation)--Saint Petersburg.

Peasants--Russia (Federation)--Saint Petersburg--History.

Rural-urban migration--Russia (Federation)--Saint Petersburg--History.

Social classes--Russia (Federation)--Saint Petersburg--History.

Saint Petersburg (Russia)--Population--History.

Saint Petersburg (Russia).

Physical Description:

xi, 212 pages ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

New York : St. Martin's Press, 1998.

Summary:

Historians know what St.Petersburg's industrial workers did during the revolution of 1905-7, the strike wave of 1912-14, and the revolutions of 1917. What they still do not know, however, is who these people were, where they came from, what were the paths of recruitment into industry that they followed, and what were their socio-economic characteristics. Evel Economakis analyses the processes of proletarianization and urbanization undergone by St.Petersburg's industrial working class from its inception in the early nineteenth century up until 1914.

Contents:

1 A Forgotten Source: The Census of 1864 16

2 The Sending Areas: Basic Features of Early Labour Migration to St Petersburg 27

3 Peasant Well-being in the Sending Areas 51

4 Severing of Ties to the Land 83

5 Urbanization in St Petersburg 102.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 146-209) and index.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Alumni and Friends Memorial Book Fund.

ISBN:

0312214979

OCLC:

38520179