Natalia Shelikhova

Russian Oligarch of Alaska Commerce

250 Seiten, Taschenbuch

Kurzbeschreibung des Verlags

This volume makes available for the first time in English a variety of primary source materials relating to the life and work of Natalia Shelikov, a pioneering nineteenth-century Russian-American businesswoman. As a principal of the Russian-American Company, Shelikov worked in Alaska, and her business acumen and wide-ranging connections--including the empress of Russia and a swathe of northern leaders--were crucial to the growth of Alaska's economy, as well as to the welfare of the Native people, in whose life and culture she took a strong interest. The letters, petitions, and personal documents presented here will be indispensable for students of Alaska and nineteenth-century women's history.

• Reihe: University of Alaska Press
• ISBN: 9781602230736
• Sprache: Englisch
• Erscheinungsdatum: 15.05.2010
• Größe: 226 x 150 mm
• Verlag: Univ of Chicago behalf of UP Colorado
• Herausgegeben von: Alexander Petrov, Dawn Lea Black