Conflict on the Northwest Coast: American-Russian Rivalry in the Pacific Northwest, 1790-1867A new interpretation of the purchase of Alaska. |
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... American rivalry in the Pacific Northwest remained unre- solved , the conflict merely postponed.31 During two years of negotiations with the United States , the Russian government failed to obtain its chief objective : limiting American ...
... American rivalry in the Pacific Northwest remained unre- solved , the conflict merely postponed.31 During two years of negotiations with the United States , the Russian government failed to obtain its chief objective : limiting American ...
Page 70
... American traders and whalers had no respect for the Russian construction of the treaty . Within a year the Russian government began to lodge vigorous complaints to the American government claiming that " since the expiration of the said ...
... American traders and whalers had no respect for the Russian construction of the treaty . Within a year the Russian government began to lodge vigorous complaints to the American government claiming that " since the expiration of the said ...
Page 137
... terms of whether Russian - America should be ceded to the United States , but rather , how much would have to be ceded to sate the American appetite . In a long memorandum Russian Reaction to American Commercial Expansion 137.
... terms of whether Russian - America should be ceded to the United States , but rather , how much would have to be ceded to sate the American appetite . In a long memorandum Russian Reaction to American Commercial Expansion 137.
Contents
Background for a Rivalry 17901815 | 3 |
The Czars Ukase | 25 |
John Quincy Adams and the Northwest Coast | 43 |
Copyright | |
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Conflict on the Northwest Coast: American-Russian Rivalry in the Pacific ... Howard Kushner No preview available - 1975 |
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