Married to the Empire: Three Governors' Wives in Russian America 1829-1864

by Susanna Rabow-Edling

The Russian Empire had a problem. While they had established successful colonies in their territory of Alaska, life in the settlements was anything but civilized. The settlers of the Russian-America Company were drunk, disorderly, and corrupt. Worst of all, they were terrible role models for the Natives, whom the empire saw as in desperate need of moral enlightenment. The empire's solution? Send in women. In 1829, the Company decreed that any governor...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1602232644
• ISBN13: 9781602232648
• Release Date: October 2015
• Publisher: University of Alaska Press
• Length: 300 Pages
• Weight: 1.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.2" x 9.2"