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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 |
Pubblicazione: | Vancouver, : University of British Columbia Press, 1983 |
©1983 | |
Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (xvii, 196 pages, 12 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations |
Disciplina: | 971.1/3 |
Soggetto topico: | Russians - British Columbia - Pacific Coast - History - 19th century |
Soggetto geografico: | Pacific Coast (B.C.) History, Military |
Canada Military relations Soviet Union | |
Soviet Union Military relations Canada | |
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. |
Titolo autorizzato: | Russian shadows on the British Northwest Coast of North America, 1810-1890 |
ISBN: | 1-283-22659-6 |
9786613226594 | |
0-7748-5765-X | |
Formato: | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
Record Nr.: | 9910780547903321 |
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