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Changes in the Vilnius, Kaunas and Grodno provinces peasants’ approach to consumption in the second half of the 19th – early 20th centuries

Aelita Ambrulevičiūtė
Vilnius University, E-mail: aelita@fan.lt

DOI number: 10.53604/rjbns.v5i2_5

Cite: Aelita Ambrulevičiūtė (2013), Changes in the Vilnius, Kaunas and Grodno provinces peasants’ approach to consumption in the second half of the 19th – early 20th centuries . RJBNS 5(2), 91-118. DOI: 10.53604/rjbns.v5i2_5. https://balticnordic.hypotheses.org/files/2018/12/07.-Ambruleviciute.pdf

Abstract:
This research starts from the premises that peasants as part of the emerging the Vilnius, Kaunas and Grodno provinces consumer group were most rigid, conservative, maintaining traditional, archaic lifestyles. Therefore, peasants, as the ‘bottom’ of absorbing the latest consumer trends, best reflected the change in the consumption patterns of a modernizing society. The theme under the investigation covers the period of 1861—1914. The study attempts to examine the economic modernization of Vilnius, Kaunas and Grodno provinces society and rudiments of the consumer society in the second half of the 19th—early 20th centuries by taking into account the peasants’ habits.

Rezumat:
Această cercetare porneşte de la premiza că grupul de consumatori ce constă în populaţia rurală din provinciile Vilnius, Kaunas şi Grodno a fost cel mai rigid, conservator şi cel care a păstrat cel mai mult stilul de viaţă tradiţional şi arhaic. Aşadar, ţăranii, care erau ultimii în ceea ce priveşte absorbirea ultimelor tendinţe de consum, ilustrează cel mai bine tendinţele de consum din societatea în curs de modernizare. Tema aleasă pentru cercetare acoperă perioada 1861-1914. Acest studiu încearcă să analizeze dezvoltarea economică a societăţii în provinciile Vilnius, Kaunas şi Grodno dar şi statutul societăţii de consum din a doua jumătate a secolului al XIX-lea – începutul secolului XX ţinând seama de obiceiurile populaţiei rurale.

Keywords: peasants, consumption, goods, Vilnius, Kaunas, Grodno

https://balticnordic.hypotheses.org/files/2018/12/07.-Ambruleviciute.pdf