Title Russian America : an overseas colony of a continental empire, 1804-1867 / Ilya Vinkovetsky

Published Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, [2011] ©2011

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Description 1 online resource (xiii, 258 pages) : illustrations Contents The paradox of overseas colonialism for a continental empire -- pt. 1. Building a colonial system -- From Siberia's frontier to Russia's colony -- Contractor of empire -- Indigenous labor and colonial insecurities -- pt. 2. Making Natives Russian -- Colonial trade and co-optation in a Russian key -- Dependence, family, and Russianization -- Building a colonial diocese -- Conclusion: The meaning of 1867 Summary From 1741 until Alaska was sold to the United States in 1867, the Russian empire claimed territory and peoples in North America. This book examines how Russia governed its only overseas colony, showing how the colony fit into and diverged from the structures developed in the otherwise contiguous Russian empire. Russian America was effectively transformed from a remote extension of Russia's Siberian frontier penetrated mainly by Siberianized Russians into an ostensibly modern overseas colony operated by Europeanized Russians. Under the rule of the Russian-American Company, the colony was governed on different terms than the rest of the empire. Its economic, labor, and social organization reflected Russian hopes for Alaska, as well as the numerous limitations, such as its vast territory and pressures from its multiethnic residents, it imposed. This approach was particularly evident in Russian strategies to convert the indigenous peoples of Russian America into loyal subjects of the Russian Empire. The author looks closely at Russian efforts to acculturate the native peoples, including attempts to predispose them to be more open to the Russian political and cultural influence through trade and Russian Orthodox Christianity Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 224-245) and index Notes Online resource; title from PDF title page (Proquest, viewed July 2, 2021) Subject Rossiĭsko-amerikanskai︠a︡ kompanii︠a︡ -- History SUBJECT Rossiĭsko-amerikanskai︠a︡ kompanii︠a︡ fast Russisch-Amerikanische Gesellschaft. idszbz Subject Russians -- North America -- History -- 19th century Russians -- Alaska -- History -- 19th century Frontier and pioneer life -- Alaska Indians of North America -- Alaska -- History -- 19th century SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Anthropology -- Cultural. SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Discrimination & Race Relations. SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Minority Studies. Colonies -- Administration Colonization Ethnic relations Frontier and pioneer life Indians of North America Russians SUBJECT Russia -- Colonies -- America -- Administration North America -- Colonization Alaska -- Colonization Alaska -- Ethnic relations -- History -- 19th century Alaska -- History -- To 1867. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85003151 Subject America Alaska North America Russia Genre/Form Electronic books History Form Electronic book ISBN 9780199838387 0199838380 9780199894369 0199894361

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