Natalia Shelikhova : Russian oligarch of Alaska commerce /

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Author / Creator:Black, Dawn Lea.
Imprint:Fairbanks : University of Alaska Press, ©2010.
Description:1 online resource (xlix, 237 pages) : illustrations
Language:English
Series:Rasmuson Library historical translation series ; v. 15
Rasmuson Library historical translation series (2008) ; v. 15.
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Format: E-Resource Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11216608
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Other authors / contributors:Petrov, A. I︠U︡. (Aleksandr I︠U︡rʹevich)
Falk, Marvin W., 1943-
ISBN:9781602230668
1602230668
1602230730
9781602230736
Notes:Includes bibliographical references (pages 215-229) and index.
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Summary:This volume makes available for the first time in English a variety of primary source materials relating to the life and work of Natalia Shelikov, a pioneering nineteenth-century Russian-American businesswoman. As a principal of the Russian-American Company, Shelikov worked in Alaska, and her business acumen and wide-ranging connections-including the empress of Russia and a swathe of northern leaders-were crucial to the growth of Alaska's economy, as well as to the welfare of the Native people, in whose life and culture she took a strong interest. The letters, petitions, and personal documents.
Other form:Print version: Black, Dawn Lea. Natalia Shelikhova. Fairbanks : University of Alaska Press, ©2010 9781602230736