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Author Grinëv, A. V. (Andreĭ Valʹterovich), author.

Title Russian colonization of Alaska, Baranov's era, 1799-1818 / Andrei Val'terovich Grinëv ; translated by Richard L. Bland
Published Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press, [2020]

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Description 1 online resource (269 pages, 10 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations, map
Series Russian colonization of Alaska ; [vol. 2]
Contents Russian America at the Beginning of the Nineteenth Century -- New Attempts at Russian Expansion on the Northwest Coast of America and Their Failure -- Russian Colonization in Alaska in 1806-18 and the End of Baranov's Era
Summary "This first thorough examination of the origin and evolution of the Russian state and the subsequent colonization of Siberia and North America by Russians focuses on the politarist social and economic strategies that distinguished Russian colonization of Alaska from similar processes occurring in the New World under the aegis of other European powers except Spain."-- Provided by publisher
"In Russian Colonization of Alaska: Baranov's Era, 1799-1818, Andrei Val'terovich Grinëv examines the sociohistorical origins of the former Russian colonies in Alaska, or "Russian America." The formation of the Russian-American Company and the concentration in the hands of Aleksandr Baranov of all the power in south and southeast Alaska's Russian settlements marked a new stage in the history of Russian America. Expanding and strengthening Russian possessions in the New World as much as possible, Baranov acted in favor of his country before himself, in accordance with the principle 'people for the empire, and not the empire for the people.' Russian Colonization of Alaska is the first comprehensive study to analyze the origin and evolution of Russian colonization based on research into political economy, history, and ethnography. Grinëv's study elaborates the social, political, spiritual, ideological, personal, and psychological aspects of Russian America, accounting for the idiosyncrasies of the natural environment, competition from other North American empires, and challenges from Alaska Natives and individual colonial diplomats. Rather than being simply a continuation of Russians' colonization of Siberia, the colonization of Alaska was instead part of overarching Russian and global history."-- Provided by publisher
Notes Russian colonization of Alaska ; [vol. 2]
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
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Subject Baranov, Aleksandr Andreevich, 1745-1819.
SUBJECT Baranov, Aleksandr Andreevich, 1745-1819
Baranov, Aleksandr Andreevich, 1745-1819 fast
Subject Rossiĭsko-amerikanskai︠a︡ kompanii︠a︡ -- History
SUBJECT Rossiĭsko-amerikanskai︠a︡ kompanii︠a︡ fast
Subject Russians -- Alaska.
HISTORY -- Europe -- Russia & the Former Soviet Union.
Russians
Colonies
Colonization
Discoveries in geography -- Russian
Politics and government
SUBJECT Alaska -- History -- To 1867. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85003151
Alaska -- Discovery and exploration -- Russian
Alaska -- Colonization
Russia -- Alaska -- Colonies
Alaska -- Politics and government -- To 1867. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85003157
Subject Alaska
Russia
Genre/Form History
Form Electronic book
Author Bland, Richard L., translator.
Grinëv, A. V. (Andreĭ Valʹterovich). Ali︠a︡ska pod krylom dvuglavogo orla. Selections. English.
ISBN 9781496222763
1496222768
Other Titles Ali︠a︡ska pod krylom dvuglavogo orla. Selections. English
Baranov's era, 1799-1818