Frigid embrace : politics, economics, and environment in Alaska

Summary: Haycox (history, U. of Alaska, Anchorage) presents historical commentary on human culture in Alaska and how it has affected the natural environment there. He contends that most non-Native Alaskans (now 85% of the population) went there for the money, not because they loved the wilderness. The focus is on tensions between Native and non- Native people and between settlers and environmental protection.

Record details

ISBN: 0870715364
ISBN: 9780870715365
Physical Description: print
xii, 180 pages : illustrations, map ; 23 cm.
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Corvallis : Oregon State University Press, 2002.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:	Includes bibliographical references (pages 175-176) and index.
Formatted Contents Note:	Introduction: Alaska history and opposition: Good American town -- Pioneer Alaskans, their environment, and Alaska natives -- A any cost: Pioneer Alaska and economic development -- Bonanza: Prudhoe Ban and ANSCSA -- "Big oil" AMSCA, and the transformation -- Debacle: Exxon Valdez, Tongass forest, and the ELF -- Dividend Alaska -- Note on sources.