Commerce in Russian urban culture : 1861-1914 / edited by William Craft Brumfield, Boris V. Anan'ich, and Yuri A. Petrov.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Brumfield, William Craft, 1944-

Ananʹich, B. V.

Petrov, I︠U︡. A. (I︠U︡riĭ Aleksandrovich), 1955-

Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Sociology, Urban.

Cities and towns.

Banks and banking.

Commerce.

History.

Russia--Commerce--History.

Russia.

Banks and banking--Russia.

Russia--Economic conditions--1861-1917.

Economic conditions.

Cities and towns--Russia.

Sociology, Urban--Russia.

Russia--Civilization--1801-1917.

Civilization.

Physical Description:

xiii, 239 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm

Place of Publication:

Washington, D.C. : Woodrow Wilson Center Press ; Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, [2001]

Contents:

Part I Business Culture

1. St. Petersburg: Banking Center of the Russian Empire / Boris V. Ananich, Sergei G. Beliaev 9

2. European Business Culture and St. Petersburg Banks / Sergei K. Lebedev 21

3. Funded Loans in Petersburg and the Development of the Municipal Infrastructure, 1875-1916 / Sergei G. Beliaev 39

4. The Banking Network of Moscow at the Turn of the Twentieth Century / Yuri A. Petrov 48

5. Charitable Activities of Moscow Banks / Galina Ulianova 59

6. Old Believers and New Entrepreneurs: Old Belief and Entrepreneurial Culture in Imperial Russia / James L. West 79

7. Entrepreneurs and Philanthropy in Nizhnii Novgorod, from the Nineteenth Century to the Beginning of the Twentieth Century / Galina Ulianova 90

Part II Commerce and the Urban Environment

8. The Architecture of Petersburg Banks in the Late Nineteenth and Early Twentieth Centuries / Boris M. Kirikov 111

9. The Architecture of Moscow Banks in the Late Nineteenth and Early Twentieth Centuries / Natalia Datieva 139

10. From the Lower Depths to the Upper Trading Rows: The Design of Retail Shopping Centers in Moscow / William Craft Brumfield 167

11. Commerce and Architecture in Odessa in Late Imperial Russia / Patricia Herlihy 180

12. Creating a New Style in the Architecture of the Russian Provinces: The Case of Nizhnii Novgorod / William Craft Brumfield 195

13. Pragmatic Pluralists in Gilded Age Chicago, Moscow, and Osaka: Making Fragmentation Work / Blair A. Ruble 209.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0801867509

OCLC:

47050329