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Acknowledgments Introduction 1. Odessa on the Eve of 1905: The Russian El Dorado? 2. Workers in Odessa on the Eve of 1905 3. Labor Organizations and Politics before 1905 4. First Stirrings: The WorkersO Movement from January to May 5. First Confrontation: Popular Unrest in May and June 6. Breathing Spell and Renewed Confrontation 7. Politics and Pogrom 8. Final Confrontation Conclusion Appendix Abbreviations Notes Bibliography Index Photographs follow pages 23 and 167