Merchant Moscow: Images of Russia's Vanished Bourgeoisie

Published by Princeton University Press 1998

Merchant Moscow

Images of Russia's Vanished Bourgeoisie

Edited by: James L. West and Iurii A. Petrov

Volume 372 in the series Princeton Legacy Library

https://doi.org/10.1515/9781400864645

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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.

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	vii
INTRODUCTION
Merchant Moscow in Historical Context James L. West Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	3
A Note on Old Belief James L. West Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	13
A Note on Photography in Russia Diane Neumaier Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	19
About the Photographs Mikhail Zolotarev Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	25
PART ONE. FROM STREET FAIR TO DEPARTMENT STORE BUSINESS CULTURE AND PRACTICES
CHAPTER 1. Doing Business in Merchant Moscow Thomas C. Owen Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	29
CHAPTER 2. Moscow's Commercial Mosaic Irina V. Potkina Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	37
CHAPTER 3 "Moscow City": Financial Citadel of Merchant Moscow Iurii A. Petrov Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	45
PART TWO. ICON AND BUSINESS CARD. MERCHANT CULTURE, RITUAL, AND DAILY LIFE
CHAPTER 4. Caftan to Business Suit: The Semiotics of Russian Merchant Dress Christine Ruane Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	53
CHAPTER 5. Old Believers and New Entrepreneurs: Religious Belief and Ritual in Merchant Moscow Galina N. Ulianova Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	61
CHAPTER 6. Daily Life among the Morozovs Karen Pennar Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	73
PART THREE. BEYOND THE BOARDROOM SOCIAL HIERARCHIESGENDER, CLASS, AND EDUCATION
CHAPTER 7. Peasant Entrepreneurs and Worker Peasants: Labor Relations in Merchant Moscow Mikhail K. Shatsillo Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	85
CHAPTER 8. Daughters, Wives, and Partners: Women of the Moscow Merchant Elite Muriel Joffe and Adele Lindenmeyr Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	95
CHAPTER 9. Commercial Education and the Cultural Crisis of the Moscow Merchant Elite Sergei V. Kalmykov Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	109
PART FOUR. A CITY OF ONE'S OWN. RESHAPING CULTURE AND SPACE
CHAPTER 10. Aesthetics and Commerce: The Architecture of Merchant Moscow, 1890-1917 William Craft Brwnfield Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	119
CHAPTER 11. Merchant Moscow After Hours: Voluntary Associations and Leisure Joseph C. Bradley Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	133
PART FIVE. MERCHANT DREAMS SELF-IMAGE AND UTOPIAN VISION
CHAPTER 12. Merchants on Stage and in Life: Theatricality and Public Consciousness Edith W. Clowes Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	147
CHAPTER 13. Visions of Russia's Entrepreneurial Future: Pavel Riabushinsky's Utopian Capitalism James L. West Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	161
CONCLUSION
The Fate of Merchant Moscow James L. West Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	173
Suggestions for Further Reading Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	179
Contributors Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	181
Index Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	183

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