Includes bibliographical references (pages 235-267) and index.
From enlightenment to revolution: a century of cultural transformation -- Nikolai Gogol's commercial landscape (1829-1852) -- Apelles's gallery: Kvitka-Osnov'ianenko and the critics (1833-1843) -- The marketplace origins of modern Yiddish literature (1842-1916) -- The market crucified: Peretz Markish's civil war (1917-1921) -- Isaac Babel and the end of the bazaar (1914-1929) -- From the fair