Bread upon the waters : the St. Petersburg grain trade and the Russian economy, 1703-1811 /

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In eighteenth-century Russia, as elsewhere in Europe, bread was a dietary staple - truly grain was the staff of economic, social, and political life. Early on Tsar Peter the Great founded St. Petersburg to export goods from Russia's vast but remote interior and by doing so to drive Russia'...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Jones, Robert E., 1942- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Pittsburgh, Pa. : University of Pittsburgh Press, 2013.
Series:Series in Russian and East European studies.
Subjects:
1700-1899
Grain trade > Russia (Federation) > Saint Petersburg > History > 19th century.
Grain trade > Russia (Federation) > Saint Petersburg > History > 18th century.
Céréales > Commerce > Russie > Saint-Pétersbourg > Histoire > 19e siècle.
Céréales > Commerce > Russie > Saint-Pétersbourg > Histoire > 18e siècle.
HISTORY > General.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Commerce.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Marketing > General.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Sales & Selling > General.
Commerce
Economic history
Grain trade
Russia > Economic conditions > 19th century.
Russia > Economic conditions > 18th century.
Saint Petersburg (Russia) > Commerce > History > 18th century.
Russia
Russia (Federation) > Saint Petersburg
History
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Founding and feeding an imperial city
  • Selling flour in St. Petersburg
  • Sources of supply
  • Production
  • Commerce
  • Transportation
  • Exports
  • Resolution.

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