Seward's folly : a new look at the Alaska Purchase /

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Farrow, Lee A., 1966- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Fairbanks, Alaska : University of Alaska Press, [2016]
Subjects:
Seward, William H. > (William Henry), > 1801-1872.
Seward, William H. > (William Henry), > 1801-1872
Alaska - Annexation to the United States.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Government > International.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > International Relations > General.
Annexation to the United States
Diplomatic relations
Alaska > Annexation to the United States.
United States > Foreign relations > Russia.
Russia > Foreign relations > United States.
Alaska > Annexion aux États-Unis.
États-Unis > Relations extérieures > Russie.
Alaska
Russia
United States
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Some mysterious sympathy: the foundations of friendship
  • Evident advantages: origins and objectives
  • Seward's chimerical project: public reaction and ratification
  • No longer Russian America: taking possession of Alaska
  • Paying for the "new national ice-house": approval and appropriation
  • Very uneasy and vexed: international reactions to the purchase
  • That snow-bound wilderness: from treaty to territory.

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