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Record Nr.

UNINA9910780547903321

Autore

Barratt Glynn

Titolo

Russian shadows on the British Northwest Coast of North America, 1810-1890 : a study of rejection of defence responsibilities / / Glynn Barratt

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Vancouver, : University of British Columbia Press, 1983

©1983

ISBN

1-283-22659-6

9786613226594

0-7748-5765-X

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xvii, 196 pages, 12 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations

Collana

University of British Columbia Press Pacific maritime studies ; ; 3

Disciplina

971.1/3

Soggetti

Russians - British Columbia - Pacific Coast - History - 19th century

Pacific Coast (B.C.) History, Military

Canada Military relations Soviet Union

Soviet Union Military relations Canada

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliography and index.

Nota di contenuto

Front Matter -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Preface and Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- List of Abbreviations -- Early Patterns: British Unassertiveness and Sovereignty on the Northwest Coast -- The Stikine River Incident -- The Crimean War and the British Northwest Coast -- U.S.-Russian Understanding and a New Balance of Powers -- "The War-Clouds Lowering" -- 1878 -- The Russian Menace and Colonial Defencelessness: the 1880's -- Notes -- Selected Bibliography -- Index

Sommario/riassunto

Shows how central Canada's failure to assume responsibility for defence of its Pacific northwest coast strained federal-provincial relations and sowed the seeds of future dissension.