Dilemmas of Russian capitalism : Fedor Chizhov and corporate enterprise in the railroad age /

Fedor Chizhov built the first railroad owned entirely by Russian stockholders, created Moscow's first bank and mutual credit society, and launched the first profitable steamship line based in Archangel. In this valuable book, Thomas Owen vividly illuminates the life and world of this seminal fi...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Owen, Thomas C.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Cambridge, MA : Harvard University Press, 2005.
Colección:Harvard studies in business history ; 44.
Temas:
Chizhov, Fedor, > 1811-1877.
Chizhov, Fedor, > 1811-1877
Čižov, Fedor V.
Businessmen > Russia > Biography.
Capitalists and financiers > Russia > Biography.
Entrepreneurship > Russia > History.
Railroads > Russia > History.
Hommes d'affaires > Russie > Biographies.
Entrepreneuriat > Russie > Histoire.
Chemins de fer > Russie > Histoire.
HISTORY / Europe / Russia & the Former Soviet Union
Businessmen
Capitalists and financiers
Entrepreneurship
Railroads
Ondernemers.
Bedrijven.
Russia
Rusland.
Biographies
History
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Cover
  • Title Page
  • Copyright
  • Dedication
  • Contents
  • Preface
  • Author's Note
  • Introduction: Biography and Business History
  • Chapter 1. The Search for a Vocation
  • From Mathematics to Romantic Nationalism
  • Arrest and Internal Exile
  • Personality and Entrepreneurship
  • Chapter 2. Economic Nationalism in Theory
  • Economic Journalism in the Era of the Great Reforms
  • Corporate Capitalism and Railroads
  • Tariff Protection for Domestic Industries: German Theories and Russian Realities
  • The Origins of Slavophile Capitalism
  • Chapter 3. Economic Nationalism in Practice
  • The Trinity Railroad
  • The First Banks in Moscow
  • The Moscow-Kursk Railroad
  • The Archangel-Murmansk Steamship Company
  • Chapter 4. Chizhov's Legacy
  • Limits to Success
  • Merchants and Gentry as Corporate Entrepreneurs
  • The Political Context: Military-Autocratic Rule
  • Unresolved Dilemmas
  • Conclusion: The Death of Fedor Vasilievich
  • Notes
  • Bibliographical Essay
  • Index

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