{"product_id":"empire-maker-aleksandr-baranov-and-russian-colonial-expansion-into-alaska-and-northern-california-paperback","title":"Empire Maker: Aleksandr Baranov and Russian Colonial Expansion Into Alaska and Northern California - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eKenneth N. Owens\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eAlexander Yu Petrov\u003c\/b\u003e (With)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA native of northern Russia, Alexander Baranov was a middle-aged merchant trader with no prior experience in the fur trade when, in 1790, he arrived in North America to assume command over Russia's highly profitable sea otter business. With the title of chief manager, he strengthened his leadership role after the formation of the Russian American Company in 1799. An adventuresome, dynamic, and charismatic leader, he proved to be something of a commercial genius in Alaska, making huge profits for company partners and shareholders in Irkutsk and St. Petersburg while receiving scandalously little support from the homeland. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBaranov receives long overdue attention in Kenneth Owens's\u003ci\u003e Empire Maker\u003c\/i\u003e, the first scholarly biography of Russian America's virtual imperial viceroy. His eventful life included shipwrecks, battles with Native forces, clashes with rival traders and Russian Orthodox missionaries, and an enduring marriage to a Kodiak Alutiiq woman with whom he had two children. In the process, the book reveals maritime Alaska and northern California during the Baranov era as fascinating cultural borderlands, where Russian, English, Spanish, and New England Yankee traders and indigenous peoples formed complex commercial, political, and domestic relationships that continue to influence these regions today.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eKenneth N. Owens is professor emeritus of history and ethnic studies, California State University, Sacramento.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 355\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.9 x 8.7 x 5.7 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e January 16, 2017\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51782391726368,"sku":"9780295741727","price":51.3,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/12a5694fe2f8cdcd66f0acf4085be466.webp?v=1780569543","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/empire-maker-aleksandr-baranov-and-russian-colonial-expansion-into-alaska-and-northern-california-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}