[DOWNLOAD] "Natalia Shelikhova" by Dawn Lea Black & Alexander Petrov ~ Book PDF Kindle ePub Free
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- Title: Natalia Shelikhova
- Author : Dawn Lea Black & Alexander Petrov
- Release Date : January 15, 2010
- Genre: Social Science,Books,Nonfiction,History,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 3182 KB
Description
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 presented here will be indispensable for students of Alaska and nineteenth-century women’s history.