Empire maker : Aleksandr Baranov and Russian colonial expansion into Alaska and Northern California /

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A native of northern Russia, Alexander Baranov was a middle-aged merchant trader with no prior experience in the fur trade when, in 1790, he arrived in North America to assume command over Russia's highly profitable sea otter business. With the title of chief manager, he strengthened his leader...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Owens, Kenneth N.
Otros Autores: Petrov, A. I͡U. (Aleksandr I͡Urʹevich)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Seattle : University of Washington Press, 2015.
Colección:Samuel and Althea Stroum book.
Temas:
Baranov, Aleksandr Andreevich, > 1745-1819.
Baranov, Aleksandr Andreevich, > 1745-1819
Rossiĭsko-amerikanskai͡a kompanii͡a > History.
Rossiĭsko-amerikanskai͡a kompanii͡a
To 1867
Russians > Alaska > History.
Russians > California, Northern > History.
Russes > Californie (Nord) > Histoire.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY > Historical.
HISTORY > United States > State & Local > General.
HISTORY > United States > State & Local > West (AK, CA, CO, HI, ID, MT, NV, UT, WY)
Russians
Alaska > History > To 1867.
California, Northern > History.
Alaska > Histoire > Jusqu'à 1867.
Californie (Nord) > Histoire.
Alaska
Northern California
History
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • A man of the north
  • Siberian merchant capitalist
  • Moving to America
  • Taking command
  • Calamities and catastrophes
  • The missionary monks and the chief manager
  • Government men, monks, and the Alutiiq Rebellion
  • The Russian-American Company
  • The Sitka Sound War
  • Beyond Alaska
  • Averting disasters
  • Closing the Baranov era.

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