{"product_id":"2026100007691-secondhand-class-struggle-in-the-pale-the-formative-years-of-the-jewish-workers-movement-in-tsarist-russia","title":"Class Struggle In The Pale: The Formative Years Of The Jewish Workers' Movement In Tsarist Russia","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition remarks:\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\u003eCondition: ex-library with usual markings \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAt the crossroads of imperial oppression and revolutionary fervour, Class Struggle in the Pale chronicles the turbulent emergence of the Jewish labour movement in the Pale of Settlement — the vast, restrictive zone of Tsarist Russia where millions of Jews were compelled to reside in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Ezra Mendelsohn reconstructs with scholarly precision the grinding poverty of Jewish artisans and workers, the rise of radical political consciousness, and the fierce organisational battles that forged one of Eastern Europe's most distinctive working-class movements.\n\nMendelsohn argues that the Jewish workers' struggle was shaped by a unique intersection of ethnic identity, socialist ideology, and the brutalising conditions of Tsarist autocracy — producing a movement that was simultaneously universal in its class aspirations and deeply particular in its cultural character. Drawing on a wide range of primary sources, this rigorous historical account illuminates a chapter of history that would have profound consequences for both the Jewish diaspora and the revolutionary politics of modern Europe. For anyone seeking to understand the roots of Jewish radicalism and the social upheavals that preceded the Russian Revolution, this work remains an indispensable and revelatory study.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Secondhand Stock","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49130593255643,"sku":"2026100007691-SECONDHAND","price":12.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0523\/7646\/9701\/files\/a5d15e39-a6a4-45b0-8092-726f7368f9fb.png?v=1786587107","url":"https:\/\/bookgrocer.com\/products\/2026100007691-secondhand-class-struggle-in-the-pale-the-formative-years-of-the-jewish-workers-movement-in-tsarist-russia","provider":"Book Grocer","version":"1.0","type":"link"}