The Social Composition of the Traders at the Nizhnii Novgorod Fair

Anne Lincoln Fitzpatrick

Chapter 3 in The Great Russian Fair, 1990, pp 104-141 from Palgrave Macmillan

Abstract: Abstract Just as the value and diversity of goods sold at Nizhnii boggled the imagination, so did the number and types of people converging at this bustling, international marketplace. Where in June there stood the empty stone structure of the gostinyi dvor, there appeared in July throngs of merchants, industrialists, peasants, labourers, innkeepers, entertainers, Europeans, Russians, Armenians and Asians. The Russian merchant, whose day-to-day contacts were relatively limited at home, suddenly found himself doing business and living in close quarters with individuals of widely divergent social backgrounds, different religions and different customs.

Keywords: Cotton Textile; Fair Trader; Small Trader; Social Composition; Merchant Guild (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 1990
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DOI: 10.1007/978-1-349-20640-7_4

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