Seward's folly a new look at the Alaska Purchase / Lee A. Farrow.

Author/creator Farrow, Lee A., 1966-
Format Electronic
Publication InfoFairbanks, Alaska : University of Alaska Press, [2016]
Descriptionxiii, 225 pages : illustrations, map ; 23 cm
Supplemental ContentFull text available from Ebook Central - Academic Complete
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Contents Some mysterious sympathy: the foundations of friendship -- Evident advantages: origins and objectives -- Seward's chimerical project: public reaction and ratification -- No longer Russian America: taking possession of Alaska -- Paying for the "new national ice-house": approval and appropriation -- Very uneasy and vexed: international reactions to the purchase -- That snow-bound wilderness: from treaty to territory.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (pages 199-209) and index.
Access restrictionAvailable only to authorized users.
Technical detailsMode of access: World Wide Web
Genre/formElectronic books.
LCCN 2016002210
ISBN9781602233034 (pbk. : alk. paper)

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