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UNINA9910458245703321 |
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Titolo |
Natalia Shelikhova [[electronic resource] ] : Russian oligarch of Alaska commerce / / edited and translated by Dawn Lea Black and Alexander Yu. Petrov |
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Fairbanks, : University of Alaska Press, c2010 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (289 p.) |
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Collana |
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Rasmuson Library historical translation series ; ; v. 15 |
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Altri autori (Persone) |
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BlackDawn Lea |
FalkMarvin W. <1943-> |
PetrovA. I͡U (Aleksandr I͡Urʹevich) |
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979.8 |
979.8/01092 |
979.801092 |
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Soggetti |
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Businesswomen - Alaska |
Russians - Alaska |
Electronic books. |
Alaska Commerce History 18th century Sources |
Alaska Commerce History 18th century |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Contents; About the Authors; Editor's Preface; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1. Husband and Wife; 2. A Global Business; 3. Help from Demidov; 4. Difficulties and Death; 5. Natalia Takes Control; 6. Last Struggles; Appendices; Vital Records; Shelikhov Family Tree; Birth and Death Dates of the Shelikhovs' Children; Family Heirs: Detailed Narrative; Table 1. Comparison of the changing number of shares of the Shelikhov clan; Table 2. Shares of the Shelikhov clan; List of Names; G. I. Shelikhov's Houses in Irkutsk; Notes; Selected Bibliography; Index |
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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 |
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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 |
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UNINA9910818935503321 |
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War : a short history |
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London, : Bloomsbury, 2009 |
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1-4411-7953-4 |
1-4725-7812-0 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (193 p.) |
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Altri autori (Persone) |
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War - History |
Krigshistorie |
Krigsvidenskab |
Verdenshistorie |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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"First published in 2009 by Continuum"--Title page verso. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Cover; Contents; Preface; Introduction; 1 Until the 'Barbarian' Invasions; 2 From the Creation of the Islamic World to the Start of European Transoceanic Expansion, 630-1490; 3 The Gunpowder Empires of the Early-Modern World, 1490-1630; 4 From the Mid-Seventeenth Century Crisis to the Age of Revolutions, 1630-1800; 5 The World of the European Empires, 1800-1950; 6 To the Present, 1950-; 7 Conclusions: Assessing War; Selected Further Reading; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; X; Y; Z |
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In this concise history of war, Jeremy Black ranges widely, giving due attention to non-western as well as western traditions. The history of war is inextricably bound to the history of the world. Through a detailed exploration of 'world-scale' issues of warfare, presented within a chronological framework that spans human history, Jeremy Black |
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skilfully illustrates this fact whilst providing the reader with other astute insights and compelling interpretations of war. War: A Short History is a dramatic move away from the formulaic, western approach to military history. Too narrow in its focus o |
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