Female Entrepreneurs in Nineteenth-Century Russia

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Galina Ulianova

Perspectives in Economic and Social History

Female entrepreneurship in the Russian Empire grew steadily throughout the nineteenth century. Female owners of enterprises and commercial facilities represented different social strata, as the initial dominance of land-owning aristocrats gave way to merchant women. Using statistical and biographical approaches, Ulianova shows how patterns of ownership changed during the nineteenth century.

Readership

Economic and Social History, Nineteenth-Century Studies, Women’s Studies

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