Russian Shadows on the British Northwest Coast of North America, 1810-1890 A Study of Rejection of Defense Responsibilities
by Barratt, Glynn
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good in Very Good dust jacket
- ISBN 10
- 0774801654
- ISBN 13
- 9780774801652
- Seller
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Chilliwack, British Columbia, Canada
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About This Item
Vancouver BC: University of British Columbia Press. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1983. First Edition. Hardcover. 0774801654 . Some scuffing of glossy dust jacket, edge wear to top edge. Previous owner's attractive bookplate of front pastedown. ; A bright, solid book, DJ in protective Mylar sleeve, unclipped. ; Pacific Maritime Studies Series; 0.75 x 9.5 x 6.5 Inches; 196 pages; Russia threw her shadow on the Northwest Coast before the British came to what is now known as British Columbia. Spanish fears of a ?Muscovite? advance on her possessions from Alaskan outposts were well known in eighteenth-century Europe. This book focuses on the development of British and Canadian perceptions of Russian naval strength in the Pacific during the nineteenth century and weighs the consequences -- psychological, political, and military -- of the reluctance of both countries to assume coastal defence responsibilities. .
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- Bookseller
- Ainsworth Books (CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 15247
- Title
- Russian Shadows on the British Northwest Coast of North America, 1810-1890 A Study of Rejection of Defense Responsibilities
- Author
- Barratt, Glynn
- Illustrator
- B&W Plates
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good in Very Good dust jacket
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0774801654
- ISBN 13
- 9780774801652
- Publisher
- University of British Columbia Press
- Place of Publication
- Vancouver BC
- Date Published
- 1983
- Keywords
- 0774801654, British Columbia, RUSSIA, MARITIME, Spanish
- Bookseller catalogs
- MARITIME;
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Ainsworth Books
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Chilliwack, British Columbia
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