Research Catalog

Title

Alutiiq villages under Russian and U.S. rule / Sonja Luehrmann.

Author

Luehrmann, Sonja.

Publication

Fairbanks : University of Alaska Press, [2008], ©2008.

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• Contributor biographical information
• Publisher description

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Details

Description

xx, 204 pages : illustrations, maps; 24 cm

Summary

"Like Russian nesting matrioshka dolls, Sonja Luerhmann's book is a matrioshka of history, examining Alutiiq history during the Russian and American colonial periods within the larger context of Russian and American expansion. Luehrmann uses English and Russian source material to focus on the intersection of two colonial perspectives, throwing light on the differences in how each society incorporated the Alutiiq community as a labor force and as a social entity." "Drawing on Russian American Company correspondence and records from the Russian Orthodox Church in Alaska, Alutiiq Villages Under Russian and U.S. Rule uses the observations of Russian clergy and political administrators to reconstruct the relationship between the first colonizers and the Alutiiq people. American colonization, which began with the purchase of Alaska in 1867, coincided with the decline of the sea otter population, ushering in a new economic pattern and a new order of life." "Luehrmann examines the changing patterns in settlement and demography of the Alutiiq as the population responded to the conditions they encountered: economic exploitation, new cultural influences, intermarriage, disease, and the eruption of Novarupta. The addition of Russian source material to the ongoing research on the area fills in important blanks in a unique history and serves as a major resource for anyone working on Alutiiq history or the history of the Russian colonial period in the region."--BOOK JACKET.

Alternative Title

• Alutiiq villages under Russian and US rule
• Alutiiq villages under Russian and United States rule

Subjects

• United States > Foreign relations > Russia
• Rossiĭsko-amerikanskai͡a kompanii͡a History
• First contact of aboriginal peoples with Westerners > Alaska
• Russia > Foreign relations > United States
• Pacific Gulf Yupik Eskimos > Social conditions
• Pacific Gulf Yupik Eskimos > Government relations
• Pacific Gulf Yupik Eskimos > History > Sources
• Russkai͡a pravoslavnai͡a t͡serkovʹ History

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. 181-196) and index.

Contents

1. Masks and Matrioshkas: Memorabilia from Alutiiq Historiography -- 2. Village Locations and Colonial History: Map Essays -- 3. Riddles of Colonial Rule: Fur Hunting for the Russians -- 4. From Mainstay to Auxiliary: Alutiiq Labor after the Sale of Alaska -- 5. Paper Villages: Statistical Categories and Social Life -- Conclusion: Contrast or Sequence? -- App. Selected Population Figures from Russian Orthodox Church and U.S. Census Sources.

ISBN

• 9781602230101 (hardcover : alk. paper)
• 1602230102 (hardcover : alk. paper)

LCCN

• 2007016246
• 40015384787

OCLC

• ocn123766979
• SCSB-5406909

Owning Institutions

Columbia University Libraries