Straus, Kenneth M., 1952-

Factory and community in Stalin's Russia the making of an industrial working class / [electronic resource] : Kenneth M. Straus. - Pittsburgh, Pa. : University of Pittsburgh Press, c1997. - xiv, 355 p. : ill. ; 25 cm. - Pitt series in Russian and East European studies . - Series in Russian and East European studies. ACLS Humanities E-Book. .

Includes bibliographical references (p. 293-350) and index.

From revolutionary Russian proletariat to quiescent Soviet working c lass -- Moscow's proletarian district and the hammer and sickle steel p lant -- Recruiting workers : the labor market turned upside down -- Att aching workers : the stick, the carrot, and the labor market -- Trainin g workers : from apprenticeship to mass methods -- R-r-r-r-revolutionar y shock work and socialist competition -- The factory as social melting pot -- The factory as community organizer -- The red directors transfo rm Soviet industrial relations -- The making of the new Soviet working class.


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Working class-- History.-- Soviet Union
Working class-- Political activity.-- Soviet Union
Communism-- Soviet Union.


Soviet Union-- Social conditions-- 1917-1945.