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) |
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Rossiĭsko-amerikanskai︠a︡ kompanii︠a︡ -- History
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SUBJECT |
Rossiĭsko-amerikanskai︠a︡ kompanii︠a︡ fast |
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Russisch-Amerikanische Gesellschaft. idszbz |
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Russians -- North America -- History -- 19th century
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Russians -- Alaska -- History -- 19th century
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Frontier and pioneer life -- Alaska
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Indians of North America -- Alaska -- History -- 19th century
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Anthropology -- Cultural.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Discrimination & Race Relations.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Minority Studies.
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Colonies -- Administration
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Colonization
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Ethnic relations
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Frontier and pioneer life
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Indians of North America
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Russians
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Russia -- Colonies -- America -- Administration
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North America -- Colonization
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Alaska -- Colonization
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Alaska -- Ethnic relations -- History -- 19th century
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Alaska -- History -- To 1867.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85003151
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America
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Alaska
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North America
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Russia
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Genre/Form |
Electronic books
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History
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Form |
Electronic book
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ISBN |
9780199838387 |
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0199838380 |
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9780199894369 |
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0199894361 |
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