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CHAPTER 1 A Long-Established Pattern 1 CHAPTER 2 The Hand of Moscow 14 CHAPTER 3 The Great Land-New Russia-is Claimed 38 CHAPTER 4 Toward the Unknown Islands 58 CHAPTER 5 A Game for High Stakes: The Age of Catherine the Great, 1762-1796 V 78 CHAPTER 6 The Empire Builders 100 CHAPTER 7 Baranov Arrives V 122 CHAPTER 8 Baranov Takes Hold 142 CHAPTER 9 Baranov Extends the Empire 154 CHAPTER 10 Rezanov's Tour and Baranov's Final Years 168 CHAPTER 11 After Baranov, 1818-1845 190 CHAPTER 12 The Rise of the Creole Class 208 CHAPTER 13 The Light of the Spirit: The Orthodox Church in Alaska 222 CHAPTER 14 The Company Under the Three Charters, 1799-1862 254 CHAPTER 15 And the Flag Was Ordered Down... 274 Glossary 294 Bibliography Index
Library of Congress Subject Headings for this publication: Alaska History To 1867, Alaska Discovery and exploration Russian, Russians Alaska History 18th century, Russians Alaska History 19th century, Fur trade Alaska History 18th century, Fur trade Alaska History 19th century, Baranov, Aleksandr Andreevich, 1745-1819, Rossiæisko-amerikanskaëiìa kompaniëiìa, Frontier and pioneer life Alaska