Alaska : an American colony / Stephen W. Haycox.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Haycox, Stephen W., author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Colonization.

Alaska--History.

Alaska.

History.

Alaska--Colonization.

Frontier and pioneer life--Alaska.

Frontier and pioneer life.

Indians of North America--Alaska.

Indians of North America.

Genre:

History.

Physical Description:

xix, 413 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm

Edition:

Second edition.

Place of Publication:

Seattle : University of Washington Press, [2020]

Summary:

"Alaska, an American Colony traces Alaska's development from the early postcontact period through Russian America and U.S. territorial status and statehood, including an overview of the region's geography and of Alaska's Native peoples, whose involvement in the state's economic, political, and social life and development continues to this day. In contrast to the stereotype of Alaska as a place where rugged individualists triumph over a harsh environment, distinguished historian Stephen Haycox offers a less romantic, more complex history of Alaska's past and the similarities between Alaska and the American West."-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Introduction: Alaska Geography and the Anthropology of Its Native Peoples

Part I. Russian America

Russian America, an Introduction

Russian Eastward Expansion and the Kamchatka Expeditions

Exploitation and the Origins of the Contest for Sovereignty

Grigorii Shelikhov and the Russian American Company

Aleksandr Baranov

Russian America

The Sale of Russian America

Part II. American Alaska

American Alaska, an Introduction

Taking the Measure of Alaska: The Alaska Purchase and the Politics of the Early Economy

National Currents in Alaska: The Gold Rush and Progressive Reform

Pioneer Alaska: The Last Frontier

War and the Transition to Statehood

Modern Alaska: The Last Wilderness.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 355-404) and index.

Other Format:

Online version: Haycox, Stephen W., Alaska

ISBN:

9780295746869

0295746866

9780295746852

0295746858

OCLC:

1129146026