Iuzovka and Revolution, Volume II : Politics and Revolution in Russia's Donbass, 1869-1924 / Theodore H. Friedgut.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Friedgut, Theodore H., author.

Series:

Princeton legacy library.

Studies of the Harriman Institute.

Studies of the Harriman Institute, Columbia University ; 4858

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Working class--Ukraine--Donet͡sʹk.

Working class.

Donet︠s︡ʹk (Ukraine)--Social conditions.

Donet︠s︡ʹk (Ukraine).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (544 pages) : illustrations, maps.

Place of Publication:

Princeton, NJ : Princeton University Press, [2017]

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

In 1870 the Welsh ironmaster John James Hughes left his successful career in England and settled in the barren and underpopulated Donbass region of the Ukrainian steppe to found the town of Iuzovka and build a large steel plant and coal mine. Theodore Friedgut tells the remarkable story of the subsequent economic and social development of the Donbass, an area that grew to supply seventy percent of the Russian Empire's coal and iron by World War I. The first volume of this two-volume study focused on the social and economic development of the Donbass, while the second volume is devoted to political analysis. While revealing the grand and tragic sweep of revolutionary events in this region, Friedgut also offers a fascinating picture of the heterogeneous population of these frontier settlements. He analyzes the instability of the revolutionary movement, and in particular the absence of a significant stratum of "worker-intelligentsia," and the inhibiting effect that this had on the development of an indigenous workers' movement. In addition, he reinforces the theory that World War I intensified existing social tensions in the Russian Empire, cutting short the slow but steady modernization of Russia's society and politics and creating the social crisis that led to the collapse of the old regime.Originally published in 1994.The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.

Contents:

Frontmatter

CONTENTS

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

LIST OF TABLES

PREFACE

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

PART I. Political Forces in the Donbass

CHAPTER 1. Government and Capital in the Donbass

CHAPTER 2. Labor: Early Strikes and First Organizations

CHAPTER 3. The Maturation of the Working Class

CHAPTER 4. Organizing Revolution

PART II. Years of Contention: 1900-1917

CHAPTER 5. The Year 1905 in the Donbass

CHAPTER 6. Years of Uncertainty: 1906-1914

CHAPTER 7. The World War in the Donbass

PART III. Revolution, Civil War, and Reconstruction

CHAPTER 8. Iuzovka and Revolution, 1917

CHAPTER 9. The October That Wasn't

CHAPTER 10. Interlude of Occupations: Iuzovka in the Civil War

CHAPTER 11. From Iuzovka to Stalino: The New Russia Reborn

CHAPTER 12. Conclusions: Modernization, Community, and Stability

GLOSSARY OF RUSSIAN TERMS AND ABBREVIATIONS

BIBLIOGRAPHY

INDEX

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 08. Jul 2019)

ISBN:

9780691653983

0691653984

9780691601496

0691601496

OCLC:

1004866828