Acknowledgments

Introduction

PART I: BUSINESS CULTURE

St. Petersburg: Banking Center of the Russian Empire

European Business Culture and Contents St. Petersburg Banks

Funded Loans in Petersburg and the Development of the Municipal Infrastructure, 1875-1916

The Banking Network of Moscow at the Turn of the Twentieth Century

Charitable Activities of Moscow Banks

Old Believers and New Entrepreneurs: Old Belief and Entrepreneurial Culture in Imperial Russia

Entrepreneurs and Philanthropy in Nizhnii Novgorod, from the Nineteenth Century to the Beginning of the Twentieth Century

PART II: COMMERCE AND THE URBAN ENVIRONMENT

The Architecture of Petersburg Banks in the Late Nineteenth and Early Twentieth Centuries

The Architecture of Moscow Banks in the Late Nineteenth and Early Twentieth Centuries

From the Lower Depths to the Upper Trading Rows: The Design of Retail Shopping Centers in Moscow

Commerce and Architecture in Odessa in Late Imperial Russia

Creating a New Style in the Architecture of the Russian Provinces: The Case of Nizhnii Novgorod

Pragmatic Pluralists of Gilded Age Chicago, Moscow, and Osaka: Making Fragmentation Work

Contributors

Index