1. Usurers’ Tales

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Introduction 1
4. Part I: The Culture of Debt
5. 1. Usurers’ Tales 33
6. 2. Nobles and Merchants 74
7. 3. The Boundaries of Risk 105
8. 4. Fraud, Property, and Respectability 133
9. 5. Kinship and Family 159
10. Part II: Debt and the Law
11. 6. Debtors and Bureaucrats 191
12. 7. In the Pit with Debtors 228
13. 8. Intermediaries, Lawyers, and Scriveners 261
14. 9. Creditors and Debtors in Pre-Reform Courts 284
15. Conclusion 311
16. Appendix A: Glossary 317
17. Appendix B: The Table of Ranks (as of 1850) 319
18. Appendix C: St. Petersburg Pawnbrokers, 1866 321
19. Appendix D.1: Objectives of Legal Representation, Based on the Powers of Attorney Registered at the Moscow Chamber of Civil Justice 323
20. Appendix D.2: Legal Representatives Registered at the Moscow Chamber of Civil Justice 325
21. Appendix E: Agreement to Provide Legal Services, 1865 327
22. Notes. Abbreviations 329
23. Acknowledgments 373
24. Index 377