Law and Disorder on the Narova River: The Kreenholm Strike of 1872

by Reginald E. Zelnik

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...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0520084810
• ISBN13: 9780520084810
• Release Date: June 1995
• Publisher: University of California Press
• Length: 336 Pages
• Weight: 1.58 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.6" x 8.9"