Alaska, 1741-1953.

Physical Description: print 406 pages illustrations 23 cm
Publisher: Portland, Or., Binfords &amp; Mort [1953]

Summary: Historical survey including account of both Russian and American ownership.

Record details

General Note:	Beginning with 1958 ed. published under title: Alaska, past and present.
Bibliography, etc. Note:	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Formatted Contents Note:	Russian period -- Climate and geography -- Aborigines of Alaska -- Russian expansion to the Pacific -- Bering's voyages and discovery of Alaska -- Opening of the Aleutians to the fur trade -- Founding of old Kodiak -- Spanish, British, and French expeditions, 1774-1792 -- Maritime fur trade -- Under Baronof, 1791-1818 -- Russian colonies in California and Hawaii -- Under the Second Charter, 1821-1842 -- Under the Third Charter, 1842-1867 -- Purchase of Alaska.American period -- Military occupation, 1867-1878 -- Alaska ruled by a customs collector, 1877-1884 -- Early prospectors and explorers of the Yukon Basin -- Early missions and schools -- Klondike gold rush -- Nome gold rush -- International issues -- Minor gold stampedes -- Alaska politics, 1884-1906 -- Copper, coal, railroads, politics, 1906-1912 -- First 20 years of territorial government, 1912-1932 -- Depression and the New Deal -- During the Second World War, 1941-1945 -- Postwar years, 1946-1952.
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