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Alaska : an American colony /

"Alaska, an American Colony traces Alaska's development from the early postcontact period through Russian America and U.S. territorial status and statehood, including an overview of the region's geography and of Alaska's Native peoples, whose involvement in the state's econo...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Haycox, Stephen W. (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Seattle : University of Washington Press, [2020]
Edition:Second edition.
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Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction: Alaska Geography and the Anthropology of Its Native Peoples
  • Part I. Russian America
  • 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
  • The Sale of Russian America
  • Part II. American Alaska
  • 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.