Iuzovka and Revolution, Volume I : Life and Work in Russia's Donbass, 1869-1924

In 1870 the Welsh ironmaster John James Hughes left his successful career in England and settled in the barren and underpopulated Donbass region of the Ukrainian steppe to found the town of Iuzovka and build a large steel plant and coal mine. Theodore Friedgut tells the remarkable story of the subsequent economic and social development of the Donbass, an area that grew to supply seventy percent of the Russian Empire's coal and iron by World War I. This first volume of a planned two-volume study focuses on the social and economic development of the Donbass, while the second volume will be devoted to political analysis. Friedgut offers a fascinating picture of the heterogeneous population of these frontier settlements. Company-owned Iuzovka, for instance, was inhabited by British bosses, Jewish artisans and merchants, and Russian peasant migrants serving as industrial workers. All these were surrounded by Ukrainian peasants resentful of the intrusive new ways of industrial life. A further contrast was that between relatively settled, skilled factory workers and a more volatile and migratory population of miners. By examining these varied groups, the author reveals the contest between Russia's industrial revolution and the striving for political revolution. Originally published in 1989. The **Princeton Legacy Library** uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905. CONTENTS LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS LIST OF TABLES LIST OF TABLES ACKNOWLEDGMENTS PART I. The Rise of the Donbass, 1869-1914 Chapter 1: Introduction: The Donbass before luzovka Chapter 2 : The Genesis of luzovka Chapter 3: The New Russia Comes of Age: Economic Development to 1914 PART II. Life in the Donbass Chapter 4: luzovka: The Settlement and Its Society Chapter 5: Housekeeping, Diets, and Budgets Chapter 6: Health, Hygiene, and Sanitation Chapter 7: Education and Culture PART III. WORKING IN THE DONBASS Chapter 8: The Donbass Labor Force: Origins and Structure Chapter 9 : Organization of Work. Physical Conditions. and Benefits Chapter 10: The Growth of the Donbass Community: An Interim Summary GLOSSARY OF RUSSIAN TERMS BIBLIOGRAPHY INDEX