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Russians in Alaska : 1732-1867 by Lydia Black; Ellen J Lehman is a history book available to read on EtoBox.

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This definitive work, the crown jewel in the distinguished career of Russian America scholar Lydia T. Black, presents a comprehensive overview of the Russian presence in Alaska. Drawing on extensive archival research and employing documents only recently made available to scholars, Black shows how Russian expansion was the culmination of centuries of social and economic change. Black’s work challenges the standard perspective on the Russian period in Alaska as a time of unbridled exploitation of Native inhabitants and natural resources. Without glossing over the harsher aspects of the period, Black acknowledges the complexity of relations between Russians and Native peoples. She chronicles the lives of ordinary men and women—the merchants and naval officers, laborers and clergy—who established Russian outposts in Alaska. These early colonists carried with them the Orthodox faith and the Russian language; their legacy endures in architecture and place names from Baranof Island to the Pribilofs. This deluxe volume features fold-out maps and color illustrations of rare paintings and sketches from Russian, American, Japanese, and European sources—many have never before been p

Who reads Russians in Alaska : 1732-1867?

Author

Lydia Black; Ellen J Lehman

Publisher

University of Alaska Fairbanks; University of Alaska Press

Published

2004

Language

EN

ISBN

9781889963051

Category

history

Subjects

Fiction, History, American Studies

Rating

3.36 / 5 (14 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-13