The Economy and Material Culture of Russia, 1600-1725
Автор:Richard Hellie Год: [не указано] Издание: [не указанo] Страниц: [не указано] ISBN: 0226326497 In this extraordinary and definitive study of the Russian economy from 1600-1725, Richard Hellie offers a glimpse of the material life of the people of Muscovy during that tumultuous period--how they lived, what they ate, how they were taxed, what their wages allowed them to enjoy. Making these determinations required more than a decade of work and analysis of over 107,000 records. The resulting book devotes chapters to each category of consumer goods, in which transactions involving the product aresummarized. Hellie further provides notes and commentary on the transactions to locate their place in the full Russian economy. Impressive in scope and data analysis, Economy and Material Culture of Russia, 1600-1725 will be an invaluable resource and reference work for all readers interested in economic history and the history of material culture. Since there is no comparable one-volume work for any other society at any other time in history, Hellie's is a truly unique and...
