| Description |
1 online resource (xlix, 237 pages) : illustrations. |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Series |
Rasmuson Library historical translation series ; v. 15
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Rasmuson Library historical translation series (2008) ; v. 15.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 215-229) and index. |
| Contents |
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. |
| Summary |
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. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Shelikhova, Natalʹi͡a, 1762-1810.
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Shelikhova, Natalʹi͡a, 1762-1810. |
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Rossiĭsko-amerikanskai͡a kompanii͡a -- Biography.
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Rossiĭsko-amerikanskai͡a kompanii͡a. |
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Biographies.
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| Subject |
Rossiĭsko-amerikanskai͡a kompanii͡a -- History.
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History. |
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Rossiĭsko-amerikanskai͡a kompanii͡a -- History -- Sources.
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Sources.
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| Subject |
Shelikhov, G. I. (Grigoriĭ Ivanovich), 1747-1795.
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Shelikhov, G. I. (Grigoriĭ Ivanovich), 1747-1795. |
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Shelikhov, G. I. (Grigoriĭ Ivanovich), 1747-1795 -- Family.
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Families. |
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Shelikhov, G. I., 1747-1795 (Shelikhov, Grigoriĭ Ivanovich) -- Family. |
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Russians -- Alaska -- Biography.
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Russians. |
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Alaska. |
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Businesswomen -- Alaska -- Biography.
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Businesswomen. |
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Alaska -- Commerce -- History -- 18th century.
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Commerce. |
| Chronological Term |
18th century |
| Subject |
Alaska -- Commerce -- History -- 18th century -- Sources.
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| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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Biographies.
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| Added Author |
Petrov, A. I͡U. (Aleksandr I͡Urʹevich)
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Falk, Marvin W., 1943-
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Black, Dawn Lea. Natalia Shelikhova. Fairbanks : University of Alaska Press, ©2010 9781602230736 (DLC) 2009053614 (OCoLC)457149249 |
| ISBN |
9781602230668 (electronic book) |
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1602230668 (electronic book) |
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1602230730 (paperback ; alkaline paper) |
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9781602230736 (paperback ; alkaline paper) |
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