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A RUSSIAN MERCHANT'S TALE
THE LIFE AND ADVENTURES OF IVAN ALEKSEEVICH TOLCHENOV, BASED ON HIS DIARY |
| By: |
David L. Ransel |
| Format: |
Book |
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£19.99 |
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| ISBN 10: |
0253220203 |
| ISBN 13: |
9780253220202 |
| Publisher: |
INDIANA UNIVERSITY PRESS |
| Pub. date: |
26 November, 2008 |
| Series: |
Indiana-Michigan Series in Russian and East European Studies |
| Pages: |
352 |
| Description: |
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. |
| Synopsis: |
Based on the rare diary of an 18th-century Russian provincial merchant, A Russian Merchant's Tale presents a revealing portrait of Russia's little-known commercial class. By recording his daily contacts with a wide array of individuals from lords to laborers for more than 40 years, Ivan Alekseevich Tolchenov opened a window onto the education, work, birth, death, marriage, business, civic, holiday, and religious practices of a social group about which little has been known. Using the tools of microhistory to interpret the diary, David L. Ransel vividly brings to life Tolchenov's self-construction, his relations with family and society, and his entire world of aspirations, achievements, and failures. 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. |
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US |
| Imprint: |
Indiana University Press |
| Returns: |
Returnable |
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