Victoria E. Bonnell – författare

Here, for the first time in English translation, are contemporary accounts of working-class life during the final decades of the Russian Empire. Written by workers and other close observers of their milieu, these five selections recreate the world of Russian labor during a period of rapid industrialization and social change, a world far more complex and varied than has often been assumed. The accounts in "The Russian Worker" explore the daily experiences, social relations, and aspirations of factory, artisanal, and sales-clerical workers, both in and outside the place of employment. Through the eyes of contemporaries we see the routine, the organization of work, and authority relations on the shop floor as well as conditions that workers encountered in providing for food and lodging and their experiences in the areas of religion, recreation, cultural activities, family ties, and links with the countryside. With its vivid and detailed descriptions of working-class life, "The Russian Worker" provides new material on such important topics as the formation of workers' social identities, the position of women, patterns of stratification, and workers' concepts of status differentiation.An introductory essay by Victoria Bonnell places the selections in an historical context and examines some of the central issues in the study of Russian labor. The collection will be of value not only to specialists in the Russian field, but also to historians, sociologists, economists, and others with an interest in the sociology of work, and the history of working women.

Nothing has generated more controversy in the social sciences than the turn toward culture, variously known as the linguistic turn, culturalism, or postmodernism. This book examines the impact of the cultural turn on two prominent social science disciplines, history and sociology, and proposes new directions in the theory and practice of historical research. The editors provide an introduction analyzing the origins and implications of the cultural turn and its postmodernist critiques of knowledge. Essays by leading historians and historical sociologists reflect on the uses of cultural theories and show both their promise and their limitations. The afterword by Hayden White provides an assessment of the trend toward culturalism by one its most influential proponents. "Beyond the Cultural Turn" offers fresh theoretical readings of the most persistent issues created by the cultural turn and provocative empirical studies focusing on diverse social practices, the uses of narrative, and the body and self as critical junctures where culture and society intersect.

Roots of Rebellion: Workers' Politics and Organizations in St. Petersburg and Moscow, 1900–1914 by Victoria E. Bonnell is a landmark study of the forces that shaped the Russian labor movement in the years leading up to the First World War and the revolutions of the early twentieth century. Drawing on rich archival sources and comparative perspectives, Bonnell examines how workers in the two major industrial centers of the Russian Empire forged political identities, experimented with organizational forms, and entered into volatile relationships with employers, political parties, and the autocratic state.The book traces the emergence of workers’ associations from artisanal guilds and mutual aid societies to trade unions, factory committees, and cooperatives. It situates these organizations within the broader struggles of 1905, the fraught attempts to institutionalize unions under the restrictive 1906 law, and the repressive years that followed. Special attention is paid to the factors that distinguished Russian workers from their Western European counterparts, including the simultaneous pursuit of individual and collective rights and the boldness with which Russian workers demanded control over factory life. By reconstructing the dynamics of class, craft, and revolutionary consciousness, Bonnell explains why Russian labor organizations ultimately became vehicles for radical change rather than reformist integration. **Roots of Rebellion** illuminates the social foundations of Russia’s revolutionary upheavals and offers a compelling analysis of how workers’ organizations shaped—and were shaped by—the contradictions of a society in transition. It is essential reading for scholars of labor history, social movements, and modern Russia.This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press’s mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact. Drawing on a backlist dating to 1893, Voices Revived makes high-quality, peer-reviewed scholarship accessible once again using print-on-demand technology. This title was originally published in 1983.

Roots of Rebellion: Workers' Politics and Organizations in St. Petersburg and Moscow, 1900–1914 by Victoria E. Bonnell is a landmark study of the forces that shaped the Russian labor movement in the years leading up to the First World War and the revolutions of the early twentieth century. Drawing on rich archival sources and comparative perspectives, Bonnell examines how workers in the two major industrial centers of the Russian Empire forged political identities, experimented with organizational forms, and entered into volatile relationships with employers, political parties, and the autocratic state.The book traces the emergence of workers’ associations from artisanal guilds and mutual aid societies to trade unions, factory committees, and cooperatives. It situates these organizations within the broader struggles of 1905, the fraught attempts to institutionalize unions under the restrictive 1906 law, and the repressive years that followed. Special attention is paid to the factors that distinguished Russian workers from their Western European counterparts, including the simultaneous pursuit of individual and collective rights and the boldness with which Russian workers demanded control over factory life. By reconstructing the dynamics of class, craft, and revolutionary consciousness, Bonnell explains why Russian labor organizations ultimately became vehicles for radical change rather than reformist integration. **Roots of Rebellion** illuminates the social foundations of Russia’s revolutionary upheavals and offers a compelling analysis of how workers’ organizations shaped—and were shaped by—the contradictions of a society in transition. It is essential reading for scholars of labor history, social movements, and modern Russia.This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press’s mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact. Drawing on a backlist dating to 1893, Voices Revived makes high-quality, peer-reviewed scholarship accessible once again using print-on-demand technology. This title was originally published in 1983.

While attention has been focused on high-level struggles over control of giant enterprises in China and the former Soviet bloc, a remarkable but underreported revolution has been occurring at the grass-roots level. This volume examines the profiles of entrepreneurs and the patterns of business development in the post-socialist countries Bringing together the perspectives of all the social science disciplines, from anthropology through economics and political science to sociology, the contributors identify the criteria for survival and success of independent businesses in different environments. Their findings shed light not only on the "transition from socialism" at the micro-level, but also on the conditioning effects of different economic, historical, legal, and social conditions on the conduct of independent economic initiatives.

While attention has been focused on high-level struggles over control of giant enterprises in China and the former Soviet bloc, a remarkable but underreported revolution has been occurring at the grass-roots level. This volume examines the profiles of entrepreneurs and the patterns of business development in the post-socialist countries Bringing together the perspectives of all the social science disciplines, from anthropology through economics and political science to sociology, the contributors identify the criteria for survival and success of independent businesses in different environments. Their findings shed light not only on the "transition from socialism" at the micro-level, but also on the conditioning effects of different economic, historical, legal, and social conditions on the conduct of independent economic initiatives.

What does the Congress do? How does it do it? Is the Congress up to the challenges ahead? This primer offers students an introduction to Congress and the role it plays in the US political system. It explores the different political natures of the House and Senate, and examines Congress's interaction with other branches of the Federal government.