The voyager and writer Kiriil Khlebnikov, one of the leading authorities of his day on Russian America, was connected to the Russian-American Company throughout his life, rising from an ordinary agent to director of the main office. He traveled; collected a wide range of material on the geography,
The Industrial City 1820โ1870
โ Scribed by Dorothy Shelston, Alan Shelston (auth.)
- Publisher
- Macmillan Education UK
- Year
- 1990
- Tongue
- English
- Leaves
- 188
- Series
- Context and Commentary
- Category
- Library
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โฆ Table of Contents
Front Matter....Pages i-xi
A New Environment....Pages 1-31
Living Conditions....Pages 32-64
Social Control....Pages 65-111
The Culture of the Cities....Pages 112-158
Back Matter....Pages 159-172
โฆ Subjects
World History, Global and Transnational History; Social History; Modern History
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