Description
First translation of a classic Russian study of the Tlingit Indians and their historical relationship with Russian explorers and settlers
About the Author
Andrei Val'terovich Grinev is a professor of history at St. Petersburg Humanitarian University of Trade Unions in Russia and the author of many works in Russian. Richard L. Bland is a research associate for the University of Oregon Museum of Natural and Cultural History. He has translated The Fur Rush: Essays and Documents on the History of Alaska at the End of the Eighteenth Century by Katerina G. Solovjova and Aleksandra A. Vovnyanko. Katerina G. Solovjova is a specialist for the National Park Service Shared Beringian Heritage Program in Anchorage, Alaska.
Reviews
"Andrei Grinev's monograph, a substantial revision of his similarly titled Russian publication of 1991, is a welcome addition to the literature on Tlingit-European contact during the Russian colonial period in Alaska." -Katherine L. Arndt, Western Historical Quarterly
"This meticulous record of Russian-Tlingit relations adds considerably to our knowledge of Russian imperial borderland frontiers. Despite his overall concern with social and economic forces, Grinev does personalize his account by bringing into this narrative individual Russians and Indians, the participants of the colonial encounter. He also uses Tlingit oral tales as sources. Finally, he closes the book with an excellent documentary supplement, which includes translations of Russian archival sources dealing with the Tlingit."-Andrei A. Znamenski, Russian Review
"The book will be very useful for scholars and graduate students interested in Northwest Coast Indian history and anthropology, Russian empire history, colonial borderlands history, and Alaska history and anthropology. The maps, charts, notes, and appendix are excellent, particularly the latter, which contains translated archival documents."-Erik Hirschmann, Alaska History
"A significant contribution to Native American studies."-Lucien J. Frary, Journal of the Early Republic
"Scholars who wish to more closely examine certain aspects of Tlingit/European contact will appreciate this comprehensive work."-Ann R. Myhre, Material Culture
Book Information
ISBN 9780803220713
Author Andrei Val'terovich Grinev
Format Paperback
Page Count 388
Imprint University of Nebraska Press
Publisher University of Nebraska Press
Weight(grams) 601g