| Alutiiq Villages Under Russian and U.S. Rule Contributor(s): Luehrmann, Sonja (Author) |
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ISBN: 1602230234 ISBN-13: 9781602230231 Publisher: University of Alaska Press OUR PRICE: $19.76 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: February 2009 Annotation: Sonja Luehrmann's volume examines Alutiiq history within the larger context of Russian and American expansionism. The author uses source material in both English and Russian in order to create a work focused on the intersection of the two colonial perspectives--throwing light on our understanding of the differences in the way each society incorporated the Alutiiq community, both as a labor force and a social entity. In a series of map essays, Luehrmann examines the changing patterns of settlement and demography among 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 fills an important blank in this unique history and makes "Alutiiq Villages Under Russian and U.S. Rule "a major resource for anyone working on Alutiiq history or the region's history in the Russian colonial period. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | Native American - History | United States - State & Local - Pacific Northwest (or, Wa) - History | Russia & The Former Soviet Union |
| Dewey: 979.840 |
| Physical Information: 0.6" H x 6" W x 8.9" (0.90 lbs) 224 pages |
| Themes: - Ethnic Orientation - Native American - Cultural Region - Russia - Geographic Orientation - Alaska |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Sonja Luehrmann's volume examines Alutiiq history within the larger context of Russian and American expansionism. The author uses source material in both English and Russian in order to create a work focused on the intersection of the two colonial perspectives--throwing light on our understanding of the differences in the way each society incorporated the Alutiiq community, both as a labor force and a social entity. In a series of map essays, Luehrmann examines the changing patterns of settlement and demography among 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 fills an important blank in this unique history and makes Alutiiq Villages Under Russian and U.S. Rule a major resource for anyone working on Alutiiq history or the region's history in the Russian colonial period. |