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Merchant Moscow:ImagesofRussia'sVanishedBourgeoisie. Edited by James L. West and Iurii A. Petrov. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1998. ix, 189 pp. $45.00.

Merchant Moscow:ImagesofRussia'sVanishedBourgeoisie. Edited by James L. West and Iurii A. Petrov.... problems in the study o f p o p u l a r culture as they relate to Russia. Characterizing these cultural productions as frankly commercial and "middlebrow," they consider such questions as the c h a n g i n g nature o f the audience over time and the effects of i m p r o v i n g technology. T h e y c o n c l u d e that p o p u l a r culture, in all its forms, as- sisted c i t y - d w e l l e r s in c o p i n g w i t h u r b a n life and a d j u s t i n g to change. Other scholars might take issue with their j u d g m e n t s , b u t all scholars will be intrigued by the possibilities for further study raised both by their a r g u m e n t s and by the texts themselves. For instance, the intermingling o f traditional and m o d e r n ele- ments in http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Canadian-American Slavic Studies Brill

Merchant Moscow:ImagesofRussia'sVanishedBourgeoisie. Edited by James L. West and Iurii A. Petrov. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1998. ix, 189 pp. $45.00.

Canadian-American Slavic Studies , Volume 34 (2): 218 – Jan 1, 2000

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© 2000 Koninklijke Brill NV, Leiden, The Netherlands
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0090-8290
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2210-2396
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10.1163/221023900X00335
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problems in the study o f p o p u l a r culture as they relate to Russia. Characterizing these cultural productions as frankly commercial and "middlebrow," they consider such questions as the c h a n g i n g nature o f the audience over time and the effects of i m p r o v i n g technology. T h e y c o n c l u d e that p o p u l a r culture, in all its forms, as- sisted c i t y - d w e l l e r s in c o p i n g w i t h u r b a n life and a d j u s t i n g to change. Other scholars might take issue with their j u d g m e n t s , b u t all scholars will be intrigued by the possibilities for further study raised both by their a r g u m e n t s and by the texts themselves. For instance, the intermingling o f traditional and m o d e r n ele- ments in

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Published: Jan 1, 2000

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