University of Illinois
History 301 (LIR, Sociology 301)
Prof. Diane P. Koenker
Spring 2000


Labor Insurgency in Europe 1917-1920

April 3, 2000


I. Labor insurgency

A. Whatever happened to the 1914 general strike against war?
B. Wave of labor protest 1917-1920

1. Russia
2. Germany
3. France
4. Italy
5. Hungary
6. England

C. Characteristics of this wave of militancy

II. Traditional "causes of insurgency"

A. War exhaustion?
B. Economic hardship

III. Class formation as a more fundamental causes

A. Changes in work process 1890-1920
B. Urbanization 1890-1920

1. Neighborhoods
2. Community base of protests




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