Revolution and Counterrevolution: Class Struggle in a Moscow Metal Factory

by Kevin Murphy

Overview

Nearly all recognition of the unparalleled democracy the Russian Revolution established has been destroyed by the legacy of the Stalinist regime that followed. Kevin Murphy’s writing, based on exhaustive research, is the most thorough investigation to date on working-class life during the revolutionary era, reviving the memory of the incredible gains for liberty and equality that the 1917 revolution brought about.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781931859509
Publisher:	Haymarket Books
Publication date:	09/01/2007
Edition description:	Reprint
Pages:	240
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.70(d)

About the Author

Kevin Murphy teaches history at the University of Massachusetts, Boston. His current writing projects include A People's History of the Russian Revolution and a study of the role of trade unions in Soviet society.

Table of Contents

Archives
Glossary of Terms
Acknowledgements

Introduction

Chapter 1. The Emerging Working-Class Movement
Chapter 2. Revolution and Collective Action, Civil War and Personal Survival
Chapter 3. Class Conflict during the New Economic Policy
Chapter 4. Everyday Life under Developing Stalinism
Chapter 5. Catalysts for Dissent: Opposition Groups and Tendencies
Chapter 6. The Stalinist Counterrevolution: Production for Production’s Sake

Conclusion: Revolution versus Counterrevolution

Editorial Reviews

"An excellent close examination of the revolution from below.”
—China Miéville, October

“The most thorough investigation to date on working-class life during the revolutionary era, reviving the memory of the incredible gains for liberty and equality that the 1917 revolution brought about.” –New Socialist

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