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Cultivating an Iron Discipline: The Vítkovice General Strike of 1906

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Robertson J.

Hospodářské dějiny (Economic History)

2012

vol. 27

issue 1

46-67

This study analyzes one of the most important strike in Ostrava-Karviná mining district in the context of labor movement. The study describes the fight between hierarchical and paternalism conception of authority mirrored the aristocratic character of governance in Monarchy and presented by Vítkovice Directorate and growing labor movement reflected the rise of mass politics in the Monarchy. These strike highlights the interconnection between economic and political authority as well as the increasing militancy of the population as a whole.

Bussinessmen versus Workers, or Strikes and Lockouts (Closures) in Austrian Silesia at the Turn of the 19th Century

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Knob S.

Hospodářské dějiny (Economic History)

2012

vol. 27

issue 1

30-45

Economic struggles between employees and employers, especially the strike movement represents one of the very important factors in the economic history of the 19th and 20th century. The search for the causes of strikes on a regional level depends on understanding the structures between employers and employees. Every such analysis involves many difficulties. It is necessary to keep an unbiased view, set into the contemporary context. Sources don’t have to provide answers to all of our questions. The more we know about the social background of the workers and their linkage to businessmen and local conditions, the better we can understand their actions.

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2 Hospodářské dějiny (Economic History)

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Cultivating an Iron Discipline: The Vítkovice General Strike of 1906

Bussinessmen versus Workers, or Strikes and Lockouts (Closures) in Austrian Silesia at the Turn of the 19th Century