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American, Canadian, and Soviet scholars gathered in Sitka under the auspices of the Kenan Institute to review and reinterpret the history of tsarist Russia's colonial outpost in Alaska. The result is this comprehensive examination of that history, which goes beyond the traditional concentration on political and diplomatic history by treating the economy, society, and culture of Alaska during the Russian period.

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Author:   S. Frederick Starr ,  S. F. Starr
Publisher:   Duke University Press
Imprint:   Duke University Press
Dimensions:   Width: 15.00cm , Height: 3.60cm , Length: 23.00cm
Weight:   0.907kg
ISBN:  

9780822306887

ISBN 10:   0822306883
Pages:   436
Publication Date:   12 January 1987
Audience:   College/higher education ,  General/trade ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly ,  General
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Introduction / S. Frederick Starr 1 Part One. Opening the New World The Discovery of Russian America / B. P. Polevoi 13 Russian Expansion in Siberia and America: Critical Contrasts / James R. Gibson 32 Part Two. The Tsars and Their American Colony The Russian American Company and the Imperial Government: Early Phase / Mary E. Wheeler 43 Toward a History of the Liquidation of the Russian American Company / Raisa V. Makarova 63 Part Three. Russians and Native Americans Russian Dependence upon the Natives of Alaska / James R. Gibson 77 Relations with the Natives of Russian America / R. G. Liapunova 105 Part Four. Cultural Life in Russian America The Early Architecture and Settlements of Russian America / Anatole Senkevitch Jr. 147 The Russian Orthodox Church in Alaska / Antoinette Shalkop 196 Science and Education in Russian America / E. A. Okladnikova 218 Part Five. Russian America and the United States Russian America and International Relations / N. N. Bolkhovitinov 251 The Sale of Russian America to the United States / James R. Gibson 271 The Significance of the Alaska Purchase to American Expansion / Howard I. Kushner 295 Part Six. Russian America: The Documents Published Sources on Russian America / Patricia Polansky 319 Archival and Bibliographic Materials on Russian America outside the USSR / Richard A. Pierce 353 Notes 366 Index of Names and Places 421 Contributors 428

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