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The merchants of Siberia : trade in early modern Eurasia /

In The Merchants of Siberia, Erika Monahan reconsiders commerce in early modern Russia by reconstructing the trading world of Siberia and the careers of merchants who traded there. She follows the histories of three merchant families from various social ranks who conducted trade in Siberia for well...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Monahan, Erika (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Ithaca ; London : Cornell University Press, 2016.
Subjects:
Merchants > Russia (Federation) > Siberia > History > 17th century.
Merchants > Russia (Federation) > Siberia > History > 18th century.
Siberia (Russia) > Commerce > History > 17th century.
Siberia (Russia) > Commerce > History > 18th century.
Commerce.
Merchants.
Russia (Federation) > Siberia.
1600-1799
History.
Table of Contents:
  • "For profit and tsar" : commerce in early modern Russia
  • Siberia in Eurasian context
  • Spaces of exchange : state structures
  • Spaces of exchange : seen and unseen
  • Connecting Eurasian commerce : Lake Yamysh
  • Early modern elites : the Filatʹev family
  • Commerce and confession : the Shababin family
  • Middling merchants.