Author : Sergei Antonov
Publisher : Harvard University Press
ISBN 13 : 0674972619
Total Pages : 350 pages
Book Rating : 4.12/5 ( download)
Book Synopsis Bankrupts and Usurers of Imperial Russia by : Sergei Antonov
Download or read book Bankrupts and Usurers of Imperial Russia written by Sergei Antonov and published by Harvard University Press. This book was released on 2016-10-10 with total page 350 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As readers of Russian literature know, the nineteenth century was a time of pervasive financial anxiety. Russians of all classes were enmeshed in networks of credit and debt, and borrowing and lending shaped perceptions of material and moral worth. Sergei Antonov recreates this imperial world of borrowers, bankrupts, lenders, and loan sharks.