Moral Communities : The Culture of Class Relations in the Russian Printing Industry 1867-1907 / Mark D. Steinberg.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Steinberg, Mark D., 1953- author.

Series:

Studies on the history of society and culture ; Volume 14.

Studies on the History of Society and Culture Series ; Volume 14

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Printing industry--Social aspects--Russia--History--19th century.

Printing industry.

Printing industry--Social aspects--Russia--History--20th century.

Industrial relations--Russia--History--19th century.

Industrial relations.

Industrial relations--Russia--History--20th century.

Social classes--Russia--History--19th century.

Social classes.

Social classes--Russia--History--20th century.

Russia--Social conditions--1801-1917.

Russia.

Russia--Moral conditions.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (x, 289 pages) : illustrations.

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Berkeley : University of California Press, [1992]

Summary:

This valuable study offers a rare perspective on the social and political crisis in late Imperial Russia. Mark D. Steinberg focuses on employers, supervisors, and workers in the printing industry as it evolved from a state-dependent handicraft to a capitalist industry. He explores class relations and the values, norms, and perceptions with which they were made meaningful. Using archival and printed sources, Steinberg examines economic changes, workplace relations, professional organizations, unions, strikes, and political activism, as well as shop customs, trade festivals, and everyday life. In rich detail he describes efforts to build a community of masters and men united by shared interests and moral norms. The collapse of this ideal in the face of growing class conflict is also explored, giving a full view of an important moment in Russian history. This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press's mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact. Drawing on a backlist dating to 1893, Voices Revived makes high-quality, peer-reviewed scholarship accessible once again using print-on-demand technology. This title was originally published in 1992.

Contents:

Cover

Title Page

Copyright

Dedication

Contents

Acknowledgments

Introduction

1. Capitalist Development

Growth and Technical Change

Entrepreneurship

Labor

2. The Morality of Authority

Employer Activists

The Honor of the Trade

Associations of Community

Workplace Paternalism

Rites of Solidarity

3. Workers' Community

Apprenticeship as Socialization

Communal Space

Everyday Culture

4. A Moral Vanguard

Organizing Self-improvem:

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Naborshchik: Preaching Virtue

Self and Society

5. The Moscow Strike

Organizing for Uncertain Ends

The Strike

Leaders and Their Values

The Aftermath: Socialism and Zubatovism

6. The Revolution of 1905

Skirmishes, January-July

Confrontations over Authority, August-October

Challenging the State

7. Organizing ClassRelations, 1905-1907

Workers' Unions: Formation and Structure

Employers' Associations

Regulating the Class Struggle

8. The Language of Revolution

Class

Community

Morality

Conclusion

Appendix: EmployerActivists, 1880-1904

Bibliography

Index.

Notes:

Description based on print version record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

OCLC:

1439596230