Special Issue: The North-West Pacific in the 18th and 19th Centuries

The texts in this Special Issue represent an interesting combination, covering as they do two contrasting historical studies of the North West Pacific: the sweeping ambitions of Russian imperial designs on the western coast of North America, and the closely-observed ethnographic studies of native p...

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In:URI:https://journals.openedition.org/ejas,
Main Author: Scott-Smith, Giles
Format: Article ou chapitre numérique
Language:Anglais
Published: European journal of American studies 2010
Online Access:Accès Université d'Orléans et IFPM
Accès Université d'Orléans et IFPM
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Summary:The texts in this Special Issue represent an interesting combination, covering as they do two contrasting historical studies of the North West Pacific: the sweeping ambitions of Russian imperial designs on the western coast of North America, and the closely-observed ethnographic studies of native peoples in that region by the Norwegian explorer Johan Jacobsen. I hope that the publication of these articles further confirms the value of EJAS as a portal for innovative research on North America...