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| Document Type: | Book |
|---|---|
| All Authors / Contributors: |
Stephen W Haycox |
| ISBN: | 0295986298 9780295986296 |
| OCLC Number: | 71301884 |
| Description: | xv, 372 p., [32] p. of plates : ill., maps ; 24 cm. |
| Contents: | Russian America, an introduction -- Russian eastward expansion and the Kamchatka expeditions -- Exploitation and the origins of the contest for sovereignty -- Grigorii Shelikhov and the Russian American Company -- Aleksandr Baranov -- Russian America -- Sale of Russian America -- American Alaska, an introduction -- Taking the measure of Alaska; the Alaska purchase and the politics of the early economy -- National currents in Alaska; The gold rush and progressive reform -- Pioneer Alaska; the Last Frontier -- War and the transition to statehood -- Modern Alaska; the last wilderness. |
| Responsibility: | Stephen Haycox. |
Abstract:
Arguing the common theme that links the Russian and American eras of Alaskan history is colonialism.
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