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

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

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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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Harvard University Press Complete eBook-Package 2016
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Antonov, Sergei,
Place / Publishing House:Cambridge, MA : : Harvard University Press, , [2016]
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Year of Publication:2016
Language:English
Series:Harvard Historical Studies
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Physical Description:1 online resource (350 p.) :; 6 halftones, 14 tables
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Table of Contents:
  • 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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