Contents

List of Tables and Map 

Glossary 

Acknowledgements  

1. INTRODUCTION  

2. TYPES OF POLITICAL CULTURE IN THE INDUSTRIAL WORKING CLASS OF PETROGRAD

The Skilled Workers

The Unskilled Workers

The 'Worker Aristocracy'

The Generational Factor  

3. THE SOCIAL COMPOSITION OF THE INDUSTRIAL WORKING CLASS             OF PETROGRAD AND ITS DISTRICTS

The Geographical Factor – Social Composition of the Districts of Petrograd  

4. THE HONEYMOON PERIOD – FROM THE FEBRUARY TO THE APRIL             DAYS

Background to February – The Labour Movement during the War

The February Revolution – The Birth of Dual Power

The Workers' Attitudes on State Power and Their Relationship to Census             Society

Dual Power in the light of pre-February Attitudes

Why Dual Power in February? 

5. THE FEBRUARY REVOLUTION IN THE FACTORIES

The Eight-hour Day

Wages

The Press Campaign against 'Worker Egotism'

Worker – Management Relations – The Democratisation of Factory Life

6. FROM THE APRIL TO THE JULY DAYS

The April Days

The First Coalition

The Break with Census Society

Underlying Causes of the Shift to Soviet Power 

7. THE STRUGGLE FOR POWER IN THE FACTORIES IN APRIL-JUNE 

8. THE JULY DAYS

The Workers and the Soviet Majority

The Demonstrations of 3-4 July

The Aftermath 

CONCLUSION: FOUR MONTHS OF

REVOLUTION-RESULTS AND PROSPECTS 

Selected Bibliography 

Index 

Page-numbering of the companion volume The Petrograd Workers and the Soviet Seizure of Power will follow on consecutively from this book.