Labor and Society in Tsarist Russia: The Factory Workers of St. Petersburg, 1855-1870, Volume 1

Historical account of the rise of the industrial worker class in urban area st. Petersburg, in Russia - refers to the period from 1855 to 1970, examines such topics as the debate on the 'labour question' and social change among the intellectual class of the social structure, working conditions and living conditions, police and entrepreneurial attitudes, grievances, government policy to improve the workers' lot, etc., and includes a detailled account of st. Petersburg's first major strike.