Merchant Moscow : images of Russia's vanished bourgeoisie

Merchant Moscow : images of Russia's vanished bourgeoisie /

With the collapse of the Soviet system, the long-neglected history of the early capitalists is being recovered and rewritten. Once regarded as the "losers" in the Russian Revolution, these merchants can now be seen as early pioneers in Russia's transformation to a free market economy....

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Other Authors: West, James L., 1944- (Editor), Petrov, I︠U︡. A. (I︠U︡riĭ Aleksandrovich), 1955- (Editor)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Princeton, New Jersey : Princeton University Press, [1998]
Subjects:
1800-1899
Businesspeople > Russia (Federation) > Moscow > Portraits.
Businesspeople > Russia (Federation) > Moscow > History > 19th century.
HISTORY > Europe > Russia & the Former Soviet Union.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Discrimination & Race Relations.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Minority Studies.
Businesspeople
Commerce
Social conditions
Moscow (Russia) > Social conditions.
Moscow (Russia) > Commerce > History > 19th century.
Russia (Federation) > Moscow
History
Portraits
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Merchant Moscow in Historical Context / West, James L.
  • A Note on Old Belief / West, James L.
  • A Note on Photography in Russia / Neumaier, Diane
  • About the Photographs / Zolotarev, Mikhail
  • CHAPTER 1. Doing Business in Merchant Moscow / Owen, Thomas C.
  • CHAPTER 2. Moscow's Commercial Mosaic / Potkina, Irina V.
  • CHAPTER 3 "Moscow City": Financial Citadel of Merchant Moscow / Petrov, Iurii A.
  • CHAPTER 4. Caftan to Business Suit: The Semiotics of Russian Merchant Dress / Ruane, Christine
  • CHAPTER 5. Old Believers and New Entrepreneurs: Religious Belief and Ritual in Merchant Moscow / Ulianova, Galina N.
  • CHAPTER 6. Daily Life among the Morozovs / Pennar, Karen
  • CHAPTER 7. Peasant Entrepreneurs and Worker Peasants: Labor Relations in Merchant Moscow / Shatsillo, Mikhail K.
  • CHAPTER 8. Daughters, Wives, and Partners: Women of the Moscow Merchant Elite / Joffe, Muriel ; Lindenmeyr, Adele
  • CHAPTER 9. Commercial Education and the Cultural Crisis of the Moscow Merchant Elite / Kalmykov, Sergei V.
  • CHAPTER 10. Aesthetics and Commerce: The Architecture of Merchant Moscow, 1890-1917 / Brwnfield, William Craft
  • CHAPTER 11. Merchant Moscow After Hours: Voluntary Associations and Leisure / Bradley, Joseph C.
  • CHAPTER 12. Merchants on Stage and in Life: Theatricality and Public Consciousness / Clowes, Edith W.
  • CHAPTER 13. Visions of Russia's Entrepreneurial Future: Pavel Riabushinsky's Utopian Capitalism / West, James L.
  • The Fate of Merchant Moscow / West, James L.
  • Suggestions for Further Reading
  • Contributors
  • Index.

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