An Alaska Anthology: Interpreting the Past

Haycox, Stephen [Editor]; Mangusso, Mary Childers [Editor];

ISBN 10: 0295974958 / ISBN 13: 9780295974958

Verlag: University of Washington, 1996

Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 0295974958-2-34333993

Inhaltsangabe:

Alaska, with its Indian, Eskimo, and Aleut heritage, its century of Russian colonization, its peoples’ formidable struggles to wrest a living (or a fortune) from the North’s isolated and harsh environment, and its relatively recent achievement of statehood, has long captured the popular imagination. In An Alaska Anthology, twenty-five contemporary scholars explore the region’s pivotal events, significant themes, and major players, Native, Russian, Canadian, and American. The essays chosen for this anthology represent the very best writing on Alaska, giving great depth to our understanding and appreciation of its history from the days of Russian-American Company domination to the more recent threat of nuclear testing by the Atomic Energy Commission and the influence of oil money on inexperienced politicians. Readers may be familiar with an earlier anthology, Interpreting Alaska’s History, from which the present volume evolved to accommodate an explosion of research in the past decade. While a number of the original pieces were found to be irreplaceable, more than half of the essays are new. The result is a fresh perspective on the subject and an invaluable resource for students, teachers, and scholars.

Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor: Stephen Haycox is a professor of history at the University of Alaska, Anchorage. He is the author of Frigid Embrace: Politics, Economics and Environment in Alaska (Oregon State University Press), and is the coeditor of An Alaska Anthology: Interpreting the Past (UW Press).

Bibliografische Details

Titel: An Alaska Anthology: Interpreting the Past
Verlag: University of Washington
Erscheinungsdatum: 1996
Einband: paperback
Zustand: Very Good