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

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Vinkovetsky, Ilya.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Rossiĭsko-amerikanskai︠a︡ kompanii︠a︡--History.

Rossiĭsko-amerikanskai︠a︡ kompanii︠a︡.

Frontier and pioneer life--Alaska.

Frontier and pioneer life.

Indians of North America--Alaska--History--19th century.

Indians of North America.

Russians--Alaska--History--19th century.

Russians.

Russians--North America--History--19th century.

Alaska--Colonization.

Alaska.

Alaska--Ethnic relations--History--19th century.

Alaska--History--To 1867.

North America--Colonization.

North America.

Russia--Colonies--North America--Administration.

Russia.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (273 p.)

Place of Publication:

Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2011.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This text examines how Russians conceived and practiced the colonial rule that resulted from the transformation of a remote extension of Russia's Siberia frontier to an ostensibly modern overseas colony operated by Europeanized Russians.

Contents:

Cover; Contents; Note on Terminology; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1 The Paradox of Overseas Colonialism for a Continental Empire; PART ONE: BUILDING A COLONIAL SYSTEM; 2 From Siberia's Frontier to Russia's Colony; 3 Contractor of Empire; 4 Indigenous Labor and Colonial Insecurities; PART TWO: 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; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; Z

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (viewed on May 11, 2011).

ISBN:

0-19-993082-1

0-19-938506-8

9786613044518

1-283-04451-X

0-19-983838-0

OCLC:

922970248