Consuming Russia
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Consuming Russia
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Author : Adele Marie Barker
language : en
Publisher: Duke University Press
Release Date : 1999
Consuming Russia written by Adele Marie Barker and has been published by Duke University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1999 with History categories.
A timely study of the "new Russia" at the end of the twentieth century.
The Winter Palace And The People
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Author : Susan McCaffray
language : en
Publisher: Northern Illinois University Press
Release Date : 2018-09-21
The Winter Palace And The People written by Susan McCaffray and has been published by Northern Illinois University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-09-21 with History categories.
"In the face of a changing social landscape in their rapidly growing nineteenth-century capital, Russian monarchs reoriented their display of imperial and national representation away from courtiers and toward the urban public. When attacked at mid-century, monarchs retreated from the palace. As they receded, the public claimed the square and the artistic treasures in the Imperial Hermitage before claiming the palace itself. By 1917, the Winter Palace had come to be the essential stage for representing not just monarchy, but the civic life of the empire-nation. What was cataclysmic for the monarchy presented to those who staffed the palace and Hermitage not a disaster, but a new mission, as a public space created jointly by monarch and city passed from the one to the other. This insightful study will appeal to scholars of Russia and general readers interested in Russian history."--Amazon.
The Winter Palace And The People
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Author : Susan Purves McCaffray
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2018
The Winter Palace And The People written by Susan Purves McCaffray and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018 with Local history categories.
St. Petersburg's Winter Palace was once the supreme architectural symbol of Russia's autocratic government. Over the course of the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, it became the architectural symbol of St. Petersburg itself. The story of the palace illuminates the changing relationship between monarchs and their capital city during the last century and a half of Russian monarchy. In The Winter Palace and the People, Susan McCaffray examines interactions among those who helped to stage the ceremonial drama of monarchy, those who consumed the spectacle, and the monarchs themselves. In the face of a changing social landscape in their rapidly growing nineteenth-century capital, Russian monarchs reoriented their display of imperial and national representation away from courtiers and toward the urban public. When attacked at mid-century, monarchs retreated from the palace. As they receded, the public claimed the square and the artistic treasures in the Imperial Hermitage before claiming the palace itself. By 1917, the Winter Palace had come to be the essential stage for representing not just monarchy, but the civic life of the empire-nation. What was cataclysmic for the monarchy presented to those who staffed the palace and Hermitage not a disaster, but a new mission, as a public space created jointly by monarch and city passed from the one to the other. This insightful study will appeal to scholars of Russia and general readers interested in Russian history.
Under The Influence
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Author : Kate Transchel
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2006
Under The Influence written by Kate Transchel and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2006 with History categories.
This book examines a highly significant chapter in the history of the Russian state and society: how those in power in Russian understood the impact of drinking on the state policy and on Russia's working classes between 1895 and 1932.
Bread And Salt
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Author : R. E. F. Smith
language : en
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Release Date : 1984
Bread And Salt written by R. E. F. Smith and has been published by Cambridge University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1984 with Cooking categories.
Bread and Salt - a literal translation of the Russian word for hospitality - explores the social and economic implications of eating and drinking in Russia in the thousand years before 1900. Eating and drinking are viewed here as social activities which involves the economics of production, storage and distribution of food stuffs. These activities attract both social controls and state taxation; in this way the everyday process of eating and drinking is linked with the history of Russia. The dominance of grain in the diet throughout the period and the importance of salt, as implied in the title, are dealt with, as are the early Russian beer-drinking fraternities. The relatively late introduction of spirits, in the from of vodka, and it disastrous consequences in social terms are described. Tea and the samovar, also much more a latecomer than is generally realized, did little to diminish excessive drinking. Drinking, in any event, was by no means discourage by the state, since it was a major source of state income. The final section of the book looks at rural diets in the nineteenth century, when some variation and new items, such as the potato, became important. At the same time, peasants depended basically on the grain crop, as they had for thousands of years. Forced by txation to enter the market, afflicted by severe famines towards the end of the century, many peasants ate and drank no better as a result of the modernization of the county.
Vodka Politics
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Author : Mark Schrad
language : en
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Release Date : 2014-03
Vodka Politics written by Mark Schrad and has been published by Oxford University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-03 with Cooking categories.
Alcohol-and alcoholism-have long been prominent features in Russian life and culture. But as Mark Schrad vividly shows in Vodka Politics, it has also been central to Russian politics. Not simply a chronicle of drinking in Russia, this book shows how alcohol has been a key shaping force in Russian political history.
Consumer Culture Branding And Identity In The New Russia
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Author : Graham H.J. Roberts
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2016-04-14
Consumer Culture Branding And Identity In The New Russia written by Graham H.J. Roberts and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-04-14 with Business & Economics categories.
As shopping has been transformed from a chore into a major source of hedonistic pleasure, a specifically Russian consumer culture has begun to emerge that is unlike any other. This book examines the many different facets of consumption in today’s Russia, including retailing, advertising and social networking. Throughout, emphasis is placed on the inherently visual - not to say spectacular - nature both of consumption generally, and of Russian consumer culture in particular. Particular attention is paid to the ways in which brands, both Russian and foreign, construct categories of identity in order to claim legitimacy for themselves. What emerges is a fascinating picture of how consumer culture is being reinvented in Russia today, in a society which has one, nostalgic eye turned towards the past, and the other, utopian eye, set firmly on the future. Borrowing concepts from both marketing and cultural studies, the approach throughout is interdisciplinary, and will be of considerable interest, to researchers, students and practitioners wishing to gain invaluable insights into one of the most lucrative, and exciting, of today’s emerging markets.
Russian Drinking
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Author : Boris Moiseevich Segal
language : en
Publisher: Publications Division Rutgers Center of Alcohol Studies
Release Date : 1987
Russian Drinking written by Boris Moiseevich Segal and has been published by Publications Division Rutgers Center of Alcohol Studies this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1987 with Psychology categories.
Russia S Food Revolution
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Author : Stephen K. Wegren
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2020-09-21
Russia S Food Revolution written by Stephen K. Wegren and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-09-21 with Social Science categories.
This book analyzes the food revolution that has occurred in Russia since the late 1980s, documenting the transformation in systems of production, supply, distribution, and consumption. It examines the dominant actors in the food system; explores how the state regulates food; considers changes in patterns of food trade interactions with other states; and discusses how all this and changing habits of consumption have impacted consumers. It contrasts the grim food situation of 1980s and 1990s with the much better food situation that prevails at present and sets the food revolution in the context of the wider consumer revolution, which has affected fashion, consumer electronics, and other sectors of the economy.
How Large Was The The Output Collapse In Russia Alternative Estimates And Welfare Implications
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Author : Mr.Vincent Koen
language : en
Publisher: International Monetary Fund
Release Date : 1994-12-01
How Large Was The The Output Collapse In Russia Alternative Estimates And Welfare Implications written by Mr.Vincent Koen and has been published by International Monetary Fund this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1994-12-01 with Business & Economics categories.
The divergence between production and consumption indicators in Russia suggests that the magnitude of the output collapse in the course of the transition is overstated by the official statistics. Alternative estimates for real GDP are derived, which reconcile the official production and consumption data. Based on cautious assumptions, real GDP appears to have declined cumulatively by no more than one third rather than by one half. The drop in household welfare is much smaller still, as the output mix shifts and deadweight losses are sharply reduced.