Russians in Alaska 1732-1867

Name: Russians in Alaska 1732-1867
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ISBN: 9781889963051

ISBN-10: 1889963054

ISBN-13: 9781889963051

Edition: 2004

Authors: Lydia Black

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Book details

List price: $32.95
Copyright year: 2004
Publisher: University of Alaska Press
Publication date: 8/1/2004
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 344
Size: 7.00" wide x 10.00" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 1.694
Language: English

Lydia T. Black (1925-2007) was professor emerita at the University of Alaska Fairbanks. She contributed nearly seventy books and articles to the study of Russian America and Native Alaska culture. In 2000, she was awarded The Order of Friendship by the Russian Federation for fostering cooperation between the Russian and American scholarly communities.



List of Illustrations


Acknowledgments


Introduction



A Long-Established Pattern



The Hand of Moscow



The Great Land--New Russia--Is Claimed



Toward the Unknown Islands



A Game for High Stakes: The Age of Catherine the Great, 1762-1796



The Empire Builders: P. S. Lebedev-Lastochkin and G. I. Shelikhov



Baranov Arrives



Baranov Takes Hold



Baranov Extends the Empire



Rezanov's Tour and Baranov's Final Years



After Baranov, 1818-1845



The Rise of the Creole Class



The Light of the Spirit: The Orthodox Church in Alaska



The Company Under the Three Charters: 1799-1862



And the Flag Was Ordered Down


Bibliography


Index