Natalia Shelikhova : Russian oligarch of Alaska commerce / / edited and translated by Dawn Lea Black and Alexander Yu. Petrov

• Pubblicazione: Fairbanks, : University of Alaska Press, c2010
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (289 p.)
• Disciplina: 979.8; 979.8/01092; 979.801092
• Soggetto topico: Businesswomen - Alaska; Russians - Alaska
• Soggetto geografico: Alaska Commerce History 18th century Sources; Alaska Commerce History 18th century
• Altri autori: BlackDawn Lea FalkMarvin W. <1943-> PetrovA. IU (Aleksandr IUrevich)
• Note generali: Translated from Russian.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Husband and wife -- A global business -- Help from Demidov -- Difficulties and death -- Natalia takes control -- Last struggles -- Appendices: Vital records; Shelikhov family tree; Birth and death dates of the Shelikhovs' children; Family heirs : detailed narrative; Comparative table on the changing number of shares of the Shelikhov clan; General table of shares of the Shelikhov clan; List of names; G.I. Shelikhov's houses in Irkutsk.
• Sommario/riassunto: 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.
• Titolo autorizzato: Natalia Shelikhova
• ISBN: 1-60223-066-8
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910809608303321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Rasmuson Library translation series ; ; v. 15.