A Russian merchant's tale : the life and adventures of Ivan Alekseevich Tolchënov, based on his diary
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A Russian merchant's tale : the life and adventures of Ivan Alekseevich Tolchënov, based on his diary
（Indiana-Michigan series in Russian and East European studies）
Indiana University Press, c2009
- : cloth
- : pbk
Note
Includes bibliographical references (p. [291]-304) and index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
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.
Table of Contents
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 Tolchenov
Notes
Bibliography
Index
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