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Book SynopsisOriginally published in 1967. Many documents essential for understanding the development of Soviet labor policies from 1917 to 1921 have been selected, translated, and presented in this volume. The Origin of Forced Labor in the Soviet State, 1917-1921 begins with the early months of the revolution, when the utopian slogans of workers' control of industry and the promise of trade-union management of industrial production were the controlling factors in shaping Soviet policy on labor. Chapter 2 traces the gradual introduction of measures of labor compulsion, first in relation to those the Bolsheviks classified as the bourgeoisie and afterwards in relation to the working class. Chapters 3 through 5, the core of the study, tell the story of labor militarizationthe new formula that, for the Communists, held the key to solving all economic problems in a socialist state. Chapter 3 presents the theories used to justify the militarization of labor and outlines the institutional framework that k
Table of ContentsChapter 1. The Role of Labor in the Soviet State
Chapter 2. The Drift Toward Labor Compulsion
Chapter 3. Militarization of Labor: The Decision and Its Intstitutional Framework
Chapter 4. Application of Militarized Forms to Civilian Labor
Chapter 5. Militarization of the Transport System and the Revolt Against Trotsky's Policies
Chapter 6. The Revolution in Crisis
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