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Workers, Society, and the Soviet State William J. Chase THE WORKING CLASS IN EUROPEAN HISTORY Editorial Advisers: Standish Meacham Joan Scott Reginald Zelnik Books in the Series The Working Class in European History The Logic of Solidarity: Artisans and Industrial Workers in Three French Towns, 1871-1914 Michael P. Hanagan Ben Tillett: Portrait of a Labour Leader Jonathan Schneer Sweated Industries and Sweated Labor: The London Clothing Trades, 1860- 1914 James A. Schmiechen South Wales and the Rising of 1839: Class Struggle as Armed Struggle Ivor Wilks Divisions of Labour: Skilled Workers and Technological Change in Nineteenth Century Britain edited by Royden Harrison and Jonathan 'Zeitlin The Growth of Working-Class Reformism in Mid-Victorian England Neville Kirk Syndicalist Legacy: Trade Unions and Politics in Two French Cities in the Era of World War I Kathryn Amdur English Laundresses: A Social History, 1850-1930 Patricia E. Malcolmson Workers, Society, and the Soviet State: Labor and Life in Moscow, 1918- 1929 William J. Chase Workers, Society, and the Soviet State Studies of the Harriman Institute Columbia University The W. Averell Harriman Institute for Advanced Study of the Soviet Union, Columbia University, sponsors the Studies of the Harriman Institute in the belief that their publication contributes to scholarly research and public understanding. In this way the Institute, while not necessarily endorsing their conclusions, is pleased to make available the results of some of the research conducted under its auspices. A list of the Studies appears at the back of this book. J. WILLIAM CHASE Workers, Society, and the Soviet State Labor and Life in Moscow, 1918-1929 UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS PRESS Urbana and Chicago Publication of this work was made possible in part by a grant from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation. Illini Books edition, 1990 © 1987 by the Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois Manufactured in the United States of America 12345CP54321 This book is printed on acid-free paper. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Chase, William J., 1947- Workers, society, and the Soviet state : labor and life in Moscow, 1918-1929 / William J. Chase. - Illini books ed. p. cm. - (The Working class in European history) (Studies of the Harriman Institute) Includes bibliographical references. ISBN 0-252-01319-0 (cloth : alk. paper). ISBN 0-252-06129-2 (paper: alk. paper) 1. Working class-Russian S.F.S.R.-Moscow-History-20th century. 2. Moscow (R.S.F.S.R.)-Social conditions. I. Title. II. Series. III. Series: Studies of the Harriman Institute. [HD8530.M62C43 1990) 305.5'62'0947312-dc20 89-27622 CIP To Donna Contents Acknowledgments xm Glossary of Terms and Abbreviations xv Introduction 3 1. Political Aspiration and Political Necessity: Moscow and Its Proletariat, 1918-1921 11 2. The Demographic Recovery and Composition of Moscow 73 3. The Moscow Labor Force, 1921-1929 103 4. The Unemployment Crisis 136 5. Daily Life in Moscow, 1921-1929 173 6. The Drive for Productivity 214 7. Opening Pandora's Box: Mobilization and Worker Activism 256 8. Thoughts on Changing Relations between the Working Class and the Party 293 Appendices 305 Bibliography 315 Index 337
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