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

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

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Bibliographic Details
Author / Creator:	Vinkovetsky, Ilya.
Imprint:	Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, c2011.
Description:	xiii, 258 p. : ill., maps ; 25 cm.
Language:	English
Subject:	Rossiĭsko-amerikanskai͡a kompanii͡a -- History. Rossiĭsko-amerikanskai︠a︡ kompanii︠a︡. Russians -- North America -- History -- 19th century. Russians -- Alaska -- History -- 19th century. Frontier and pioneer life -- Alaska. Indians of North America -- Alaska -- History -- 19th century. Colonies -- Administration. Colonization. Ethnic relations. Frontier and pioneer life. Indians of North America. Russians. Russia -- Colonies -- North America -- Administration. North America -- Colonization. Alaska -- Colonization. Alaska -- Ethnic relations -- History -- 19th century. Alaska -- History -- To 1867. Alaska. North America. Russia. History.
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/8376608

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ISBN:	9780195391282 (hardcover : alk. paper) 0195391284 (hardcover : alk. paper)
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references and index.

Table of Contents:

Note on Terminology
Acknowledgments
Introduction
1. The Paradox of Overseas Colonialism for a Continental Empire
Part 1. Building A Colonial System
2. From Siberia's Frontier to Russia's Colony
3. Contractor of Empire
4. Indigenous Labor and Colonial Insecurities
Part 2. Making Natives Russian
5. Colonial Trade and Co-optation in a Russian Key
6. Dependence, Family, and Russianization
7. Building a Colonial Diocese
Conclusion: The Meaning of 1867
Notes
Bibliography
Index