Rewolucja: Russian Poland, 1904–1907

The Emancipation Of The Peasantry And Mass Migration To Urban Centers Transformed Polish Society, And By 1905 The Polish Industrial Economy Was In A State Of Crisis Exacerbated By Russian Trade Policies. Although Most Poles May Have Been Reconciled To Russian Control, All Groups From Conservative Clericalists To Revolutionary Socialists United Against Russia's Attempts To Eradicate The Polish Language, Religion, History, And Culture. Blobaum Describes How A Bitter Boycott Of The Russified School System Focused Attention On Education As An Aspect Of Nation-building. He Also Shows That The Ambivalent Response Of The Catholic Church To Popular Unrest Resulted In An Unprecedented Alienation And Secularization Of Polish Political Culture. A Complex Array Of Nationalist And Socialist Allegiances Developed Among Peasants And Industrial Workers, And The General Strikes Of 1905 Signaled The Emergence Of A Nationwide Labor Movement.