Russian Merchant''s Tale - The Life Adventures of Ivan Alekseevich Tolchenov, Based on His

Informationen zum Autor 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). Klappentext 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. Zusammenfassung Based on the diary of an 18th-century Russian provincial merchant, this book presents a portrait of Russia's little-known commercial class. It offers insights into the social history of imperial Russia. Inhaltsverzeichnis 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

Product details

• Authors: David L Ransel, David L. Ransel, Ransel David L
• Publisher: Indiana University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 26.11.2008
• EAN: 9780253220202
• ISBN: 978-0-253-22020-2
• No. of pages: 352
• Dimensions: 152 mm x 235 mm x 19 mm
• Series: Indiana-Michigan Series in Rus; Indiana University Press; Indiana-Michigan Series in Russian and East European Studies; Indiana-Michigan Series in Rus; Indiana-Michigan Russian and E
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature > Letters, diaries; Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Geosciences > Geography; Non-fiction book > Politics, society, business > Biographies, autobiographies; Social sciences, law, business > Business > General, dictionaries