Alaska: The Distribution Of Alcohol Among The Natives Of Russian America

Alaska: The Distribution Of Alcohol Among The Natives Of Russian America Andrei V. Grinëv, 2010   The study of archival materials and published historical and ethnographic sources shows that alcohol played an insignificant role in contacts with the aboriginal population during the Russian colonization of Alaska. The Russian-American Company (RAC) tried to fight alcoholism and limited access of spirits to the natives of the Russian colonies partially for moral and partially for economic...

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