Challenging prevailing stereotypes of Russian merchants as tradition-bound and narrow-minded, A Russian Merchant's Tale offers important new insights into the social history of imperial Russia.
Challenging prevailing stereotypes of Russian merchants as tradition-bound and narrow-minded, A Russian Merchant's Tale offers important new insights into the social history of imperial Russia.
David L. Ransel is Robert F. Byrnes Professor of History and Director of the Russian and East European Institute at Indiana University, Bloomington. He is author of Village Mothers: Three Generations of Change in Russia and Tataria (IUP, 2005) and editor (with Jane Burbank) of Imperial Russia: New Histories for the Empire (IUP, 1998).
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Contents Acknowledgments Introduction Maps 1. The Setting, Education, Youth, and Marriage 2. Local Politics during Ivan's Youth 3. Junior Member of the Family Firm: Merchant Life in Dmitrov 4. Young Paterfamilias 5. Leading Citizen 6. Eminent Trickster 7. Moscow Townsman 8. A New Equilibrium Conclusion Appendix: Genealogical Table for the Family of Boris Tolchënov Notes Bibliography Index
Contents Acknowledgments Introduction Maps 1. The Setting, Education, Youth, and Marriage 2. Local Politics during Ivan's Youth 3. Junior Member of the Family Firm: Merchant Life in Dmitrov 4. Young Paterfamilias 5. Leading Citizen 6. Eminent Trickster 7. Moscow Townsman 8. A New Equilibrium Conclusion Appendix: Genealogical Table for the Family of Boris Tolchënov Notes Bibliography Index
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