
Merchant Moscow
Images of Russia's Vanished Bourgeoisie
Princeton University Press
Will be published approx. on 19. April 2016
Book
Hardback
346 pages
978-0-691-63305-3 (ISBN)
Description
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. This book is the first joint Russian-American collaborative project on the history of Russian entrepreneurship. Merchant Moscow puts a human face on early Russian capitalism. It presents thematic groupings of historic photographs paired with commentaries by contemporary Russian and American historians. The pictures provide a stunning, wide-ranging visual portrait of Imperial Russia's most influential entrepreneurial elite, the Moscow merchantry, while the accompanying articles interpret the photographs and place them in the larger cultural context of prerevolutionary Russia. Here is a surprising new view of the bourgeoisie during the Silver Age, revealed for the first time in this fascinating volume. The fourteen contributing historians selected and ordered photographs that best illustrate their specialized knowledge of the period. They have framed their topics in a variety of ways.
Some have chosen to pursue traditional topics, such as collective biography, institutional history, or the history of business practices. Others have approached the photographs in more experimental ways, emphasizing the semiotics of dress, discourses of identity, or the history of daily life. Together they offer fresh perspectives on the successes and failures of Russia's first experiment with entrepreneurial capitalism. Originally published in 1998. The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.
Some have chosen to pursue traditional topics, such as collective biography, institutional history, or the history of business practices. Others have approached the photographs in more experimental ways, emphasizing the semiotics of dress, discourses of identity, or the history of daily life. Together they offer fresh perspectives on the successes and failures of Russia's first experiment with entrepreneurial capitalism. Originally published in 1998. The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.
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Language
English
Place of publication
New Jersey
United States
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Product notice
Trade binding
Illustrations
2 Maps
Dimensions
Height: 240 mm
Width: 161 mm
Thickness: 23 mm
Weight
684 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-691-63305-3 (9780691633053)
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E-Book
07/2014
1st Edition
Princeton University Press
€62.49
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Edited by James L. West & Iurii A. Petrov
Content
Merchant Moscow in Historical Context3A Note on Old Belief13A Note on Photography in Russia19About the Photographs25Maps of Merchant MoscowPlates1Doing Business in Merchant Moscow292Moscow's Commercial Mosaic373"Moscow City": Financial Citadel of Merchant Moscow454Caftan to Business Suit: The Semiotics of Russian Merchant Dress535Old Believers and New Entrepreneurs: Religious Belief and Ritual in Merchant Moscow616Daily Life among the Morozovs737Peasant Entrepreneurs and Worker Peasants: Labor Relations in Merchant Moscow858Daughters, Wives, and Partners: Women of the Moscow Merchant Elite959Commercial Education and the Cultural Crisis of the Moscow Merchant Elite10910Aesthetics and Commerce: The Architecture of Merchant Moscow, 1890-191711911Merchant Moscow After Hours: Voluntary Associations and Leisure13312Merchants on Stage and in Life: Theatricality and Public Consciousness14713Visions of Russia's Entrepreneurial Future: Pavel Riabushinsky's Utopian Capitalism161The Fate of Merchant Moscow173Suggestions for Further Reading179List of Contributors181Index183