Book
Processes of Russian-Tlingit acculturation in southeastern Alaska
University Microfilms • Ann Arbor, Michigan • Published In 1988 • Pages:
By: Rathburn, Robert Richard.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
The purpose of this dissertation is to investigate the nature, types, and extent of Russian influence on Tlingit acculturation. In this investigation Rathburn focuses primarily on the period prior to 1900 and the acculturative role of the Russian American Company and the Russian Orthodox Church. Rathburn finds that the Russian-Tlingit contact was highly localized, but that the impact of the Russian traders and missionaries was nonetheless significant because their influence quickly spread outward from the points of direct contact.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- History
- Acculturation and culture contact
- External trade
- General tools
- External relations
- Congregations
- Religious denominations
- Missions
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Tlingit
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 1997
- RegionThe area the document pertains to
- North America
- Sub RegionThe more specific area the document pertains to, which is located within the Region
- Northwest Coast and California
- Document TypeMay include journal articles, essays, collections of essays, monographs, or chapters/parts of monographs
- Book
- Evaluation
- Creator TypeThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.
- Ethnohistorian
- Document Rating A ranking done by HRAF anthropologists based on the strength of the source material on a scale of 1 to 5, as follows: 1 - poor; 2 - fair; 3 - good, useful data, but not uniformly excellent; 4 - excellent secondary data; 5 - excellent primary data.
- 4: Excellent Secondary Data
- AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection
- Gerald Reid ; 1988
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- no date
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 1783-1867
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- southeastern Alaska, United States
- NotesAdditional notes
- by Robert Richard Rathburn
- Thesis (Ph.D.) -- University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1976
- UM 76-23,342
- Information on the organization and activities of the Russian American Company itself is indexed for Mercantile Business (441) formation on the organization and activities of the Russian Orthodox Church apart from its missionary and other activities related to the Tlingit is indexed for Religious Denominations (795).
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 207-219)
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Tlingit Indians