Report on the population, industries, and resources of Alaska

Petroff, Ivan, b. 1842

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Report on the population, industries, and resources of Alaska

G.P.O. • 8 • Published In 1884 • Pages: vi, 189

By: Petroff, Ivan, b. 1842.

Abstract
The author was sent to Alaska as a special agent for the United States Census to make a complete study of Alaska and its peoples. This source is his final report. It covers the geography of Alaska, population estimates, the present and potential economic capacity of the area, the history of the territory under Russian domination, and the ethnology of the people. In organizing his material, the author in most cases presents each area as a separate unit. For the purposes of a study of the Aleut, this source is of value primarily for its economic and population data since the material on Aleut ethnology is a direct translation from Veniaminov (1: Veniaminov). Petroff's ethnological observations on the Aleuts as they were living when he saw them are contained in his preliminary report to Congress. (See Petroff, Ivan. Population and Resources of Alaska. House of Representatives, 46th cong. 3rd Sess. Ex. Doc. No. 40. Washington, 1881. For technical reasons this source was not included in the file but the information it contains is included in almost identical form in 3: Elliot). In processing the present source, the following material has been omitted: detailed geographical and historical data which are contained in other sources and tables of economic data such as imports and exports, total number of skins obtained, etc.

Population

Composition of population

Morbidity

Marine hunting

Settlement patterns

Ownership and control of capital

Ethnic stratification

Elementary education

Religious denominations

Aleut

HRAF PubDate

2007