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Commerce, Empire, and Difference in Eurasia

Sat, December 8, 10:00 to 11:45am, Boston Marriott Copley Place, Floor: 3rd, Berkeley

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It is a commonplace that colonial empires were imagined as promoters of civilization and commerce, with the latter often used to support the former. Yet, in the recent development of very rich historiography on the Russian Empire, commerce and economy in general took a decidedly second seat in comparisons to issues of identity and representation. This panel aims to explore how economic activity intersected with ethnic, social, or confessional difference in imperial Russia.

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