Bankrupts and Usurers of Imperial Russia : Debt, Property, and the Law in the Age of Dostoevsky and Tolstoy /

As readers of classic Russian literature know, the nineteenth century was a time of pervasive financial anxiety. With incomes erratic and banks inadequate, Russians of all social castes were deeply enmeshed in networks of credit and debt. The necessity of borrowing and lending shaped perceptions of...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Antonov, Sergei (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Cambridge, MA : Harvard University Press, [2016]
Colección:Harvard Historical Studies
Temas:
HISTORY / Russia & the Former Soviet Union.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Introduction
  • Part I: The Culture of Debt
  • 1. Usurers' Tales
  • 2. Nobles and Merchants
  • 3. The Boundaries of Risk
  • 4. Fraud, Property, and Respectability
  • 5. Kinship and Family
  • Part II: Debt and the Law
  • 6. Debtors and Bureaucrats
  • 7. In the Pit with Debtors
  • 8. Intermediaries, Lawyers, and Scriveners
  • 9. Creditors and Debtors in Pre-Reform Courts
  • Conclusion
  • Appendix A: Glossary
  • Appendix B: The Table of Ranks (as of 1850)
  • Appendix C: St. Petersburg Pawnbrokers, 1866
  • Appendix D.1: Objectives of Legal Representation, Based on the Powers of Attorney Registered at the Moscow Chamber of Civil Justice
  • Appendix D.2: Legal Representatives Registered at the Moscow Chamber of Civil Justice
  • Appendix E: Agreement to Provide Legal Services, 1865
  • Notes. Abbreviations
  • Acknowledgments
  • Index

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