Women and the birth of Russian capitalism : a history of the shuttle trade /

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Little has been known, acknowledged, or studied about the shuttle trade, one of the major manifestations of new Russian life of the 1990s. The term itself seems to suggest something of a rather small scale. Indeed, the amount of each transaction in this trade was miniscule. Individual peddlers trave...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Mukhina, Irina, 1979-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: DeKalb, IL : NIU Press, [2014]
©2014
Subjects:
Capitalism > Soviet Union > History.
Black market > Soviet Union > History.
Small business > Soviet Union > History.
Businesswomen > Soviet Union > History.
Women merchants > Soviet Union > History.
Marché noir > URSS > Histoire.
Commerçantes > URSS > Histoire.
Black market
Businesswomen
Capitalism
Commerce
Small business
Women merchants
Soviet Union > Commerce > History.
Soviet Union
Russian consumer trade, Russian free market economy, women traders in Russia.
History
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Origins of the shuttle trade, 1987-91
  • The "golden age" of the shuttle trade and its structure
  • Women traders: success in numbers
  • The price of success
  • Where did all the women go?

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