This book explores the impact of the 1917 Revolution on factory life in the Russian capital.

Acknowledgements; introduction; 1. A profile of the Petrograd working class on the eve of 1917; 2. The tsarist factory; 3. The February revolution: a new dispensation in the factories; 4. The structure and functions of the factory committees; 5. Trade unions and the betterment of wages; 6. The theory and practice of workers' control of production; 7. Deepening economic chaos and the intensification of workers' control; 8. The social structure of the labour movement; 9. The October Revolution and the organisation of industry; 10. The economic crisis and the fate of workers' control: October 1917 to Junw 1918; Conclusion; Notes; Bibliography; Index.