01754oam 22004454a 450 991079268960332120211222195649.01-60223-304-7(CKB)3710000000972153(Au-PeEL)EBL4770628(CaPaEBR)ebr11318450(OCoLC)935676811(OCoLC)1289872171(MdBmJHUP)musev2_98441(MiAaPQ)EBC4770628(EXLCZ)99371000000097215320180620d2017 uy 0engurcnu||||||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierSeward's FollyA New Look at the Alaska PurchaseFarmington Hills :2017University of Alaska Press,1 online resource (240 pages)1-60223-303-9 Includes bibliographical references and index.Some mysterious sympathy: the foundations of friendship -- Evident advantages: origins and objectives -- Seward's chimerical project: public reaction and ratification -- No longer Russian America: taking possession of Alaska -- Paying for the "new national ice-house": approval and appropriation -- Very uneasy and vexed: international reactions to the purchase -- That snow-bound wilderness: from treaty to territory.AlaskaAnnexation to the United StatesUnited StatesForeign relationsRussiaRussiaForeign relationsUnited StatesElectronic books. 327.73047Farrow Lee Aaut1481339MdBmJHUPMdBmJHUPBOOK9910792689603321Seward's Folly3698223UNINA