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

Interpreting Russia's nineteenth-century colonial system in Alaska, Russian America looks at how the Russians governed the indigenous people of their American colony and the ways in which they drew upon their experience in Siberia and other imperial models. INDICE: Introduction; Ch. 1:: The Paradox of Overseas Colonialism for a Continental Empire; Part I: Building a Colonial System; Ch. 2:: From Siberia's Frontier to Russia's Colony; Ch. 3:: Contractor of Empire; Ch 4:: Indigenous Labor and Colonial Insecurities; Part II: Making Natives Russian; Ch. 5:: Colonial Trade and Co-optation in a Russian Key; Ch. 6:: Dependence, Family, and Russianization; Ch. 7:: Building a Colonial Diocese; Conclusion: The Meaning of 1867; Notes; Bibliography

• ISBN: 978-0-19-539128-2
• Editorial: Oxford University
• Encuadernacion: Cartoné
• Páginas: 320
• Fecha Publicación: 01/05/2011
• Nº Volúmenes: 1
• Idioma: Inglés