Russia and Japan in the Sea of Okhotsk

<p>Bailey describes how the Sea of Okhotsk area became integrated into a world system of economic and cultural ties between the seventeenth and nineteenth centuries. This happened primarily because of maritime explorations travel and trade which led to increased connections with both Russia and Japan.</p><p>Individual chapters of the book provide analyses of historical sources which describe cross-cultural encounters and changes in the Sea of Okhotsk area. This includes analyses of explorers and travelers who traversed the region for commerce exploration diplomacy and possible colonization. Historical sources are explored from the different perspectives of Russians Japanese Indigenous peoples and international observers from Western countries. Cross-cultural encounters in the region among these groups led to collaboration syncretism and resistance sometimes violent and sometimes peaceful. The last chapter discusses how some international travelers and foreign residents of Hokkaid? described the area at the end of the nineteenth century. Their perspectives confirm that Hokkaid? had become a fully colonized space.</p><p>An essential resource for students and scholars of cross-cultural studies Russian history Japanese history and Ainu and Indigenous history.</p>