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Reginald E. Zelnik
Law and Disorder on the Narova River
The Kreenholm Strike of 1872
$55.00, £39.95 hardcover
978-0-520-08481-0
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June 1995, Available worldwide
Categories: History; Sociology of Labor; European History; European Studies
June 1995, Available worldwide
Categories: History; Sociology of Labor; European History; European Studies
Free online edition (eScholarship)--available only to University of California faculty, staff, and students (List of public titles)
"Using sobriety of judgment, meticulous thoroughness of investigation, and a fresh and open approach, Zelnik has written a penetrating and provocative chapter in the tortuous evolution of late imperial Russia. He has illuminated many essential points of social and political dynamics, as well as presented a captivating human portrait, both of an individual and of a large and variegated industrial community."—Slavic Review
"A brilliant work by a master historian."—Choice
"A brilliant work by a master historian."—Choice
"With scrupulous attention to his sources, elegant presentation of narrative detail, and a flair for psychological analysis, Zelnik has managed to tell the story of a small episode in a manner that illuminates the grand issues of imperial Russian history. It is a remarkable achievement."—Laura Engelstein, Princeton University
"Zelnik has allowed the wonderfully textured account of the strike to illuminate some of the most gnarled problems in Russian labor history. . . . A breakthrough work, one that challenges more conventional labor historians to rethink the very nature of the field."—Ronald Grigor Suny, University of Michigan
"A tour de force, a magnificent example of Zelnik's capacities for historical reconstruction."—Daniel Orlovsky, Southern Methodist University
"Zelnik has allowed the wonderfully textured account of the strike to illuminate some of the most gnarled problems in Russian labor history. . . . A breakthrough work, one that challenges more conventional labor historians to rethink the very nature of the field."—Ronald Grigor Suny, University of Michigan
"A tour de force, a magnificent example of Zelnik's capacities for historical reconstruction."—Daniel Orlovsky, Southern Methodist University
Reginald Zelnik uses a single episode—a militant strike at the Kreenholm factory, Europe's largest textile plant—to explore the broad historical moment. In examining this crucial event of Russian history he sheds fresh light on local power relations, high politics in St. Petersburg, controversies over the rule of law, and the origins of the Russian labor movement. Zelnik sees this pivotal moment in Russian labor history as the beginning step in the series of conflicts that eventually led to the upheavals of the early twentieth century.