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Informationen zum Autor Andrei Val’terovich Grinëv has a PhD in historical sciences and is a professor in the Graduate School of Social Sciences at the Peter the Great St. Petersburg Polytechnic University, Russia. He has published more than 150 articles, primarily on the history and ethnology of Russian America. Grinëv is the author of several monographs, including The Tlingit Indians in Russian America, 1741–1867 (Nebraska, 2005). Richard L. Bland is a research associate for the University of Oregon Museum of Natural and Cultural History. He translated The Tlingit Indians in Russian America, 1741–1867 (Nebraska, 2005). Klappentext Andrei Val’terovich Grinëv has a PhD in historical sciences and is a professor in the Graduate School of Social Sciences at the Peter the Great St. Petersburg Polytechnic University! Russia. He has published more than 150 articles! primarily on the history and ethnology of Russian America. Grinëv is the author of several monographs! including The Tlingit Indians in Russian America! 1741–1867 (Nebraska! 2005). Richard L. Bland is a research associate for the University of Oregon Museum of Natural and Cultural History. He translated¿The Tlingit Indians in Russian America! 1741–1867 (Nebraska! 2005). ¿ ¿ Zusammenfassung Examines the sociohistorical origins of the former Russian colonies in Alaska! or ""Russian America""! between 1741 and 1799. Beginning with the Second Kamchatka Expedition of Vitus Ivanovich Bering and Aleksei Ilyich Chirikov's discovery of Alaska and the Aleutian Islands! this book offers a definitive! revisionist examination of Tsarist Russia's foray into the imperial contest in North America. Inhaltsverzeichnis List of Illustrations Acknowledgments Introduction 1. Prehistory of the Russian Colonization of the New World 2. The First Information about Alaska and Its Discovery by Russian Mariners 3. Opening Up of the Aleutian Islands by Russian Promyshlenniki, 1743–83 4. Activities of G. I. Shelikhov and the Founding of the First Permanent Russian Settlements in America 5. Russian Promyshlenniki in Alaska at the End of the Eighteenth Century Conclusion Appendix Notes Glossary Bibliography Index...
