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Seward's folly : a new look at the Alaska Purchase / Lee A. Farrow.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Farrow, Lee A., 1966- author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Seward, William H. (William Henry), 1801-1872.
- Seward, William H.
- Alaska--Annexation to the United States.
- Alaska.
- United States--Foreign relations--Russia.
- United States.
- International relations.
- Russia.
- Russia--Foreign relations--United States.
- Physical Description:
- xiii, 225 pages : illustrations, map ; 23 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Fairbanks, Alaska : University of Alaska Press, [2016]
- Contents:
- Some mysterious sympathy: the foundations of friendship
- Evident advantages: origins and objectives
- Seward's chimerical project: public reaction and ratification
- No longer Russian America: taking possession of Alaska
- Paying for the "new national ice-house": approval and appropriation
- Very uneasy and vexed: international reactions to the purchase
- That snow-bound wilderness: from treaty to territory.
- Notes:
- Map of Alaska on preliminary page and title page.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Other Format:
- Online version: Farrow, Lee A., 1966- author. Seward's folly.
- ISBN:
- 9781602233034
- 1602233039
- OCLC:
- 935495253
- Publisher Number:
- 40026642506
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