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Frigid embrace : politics, economics, and environment in Alaska / Stephen Haycox.

Haycox, Stephen W. (Author).

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: 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.
Subject:
Alaska > Civilization.
Alaska > Environmental conditions.
Alaska > Economic conditions.
Human ecology > Alaska > History.
Nature > Effect of human beings on > Alaska.
Frontier and pioneer life > Alaska.
Pioneers > Alaska > Attitudes > History.
Indians of North America > Alaska > History.
Civilization.
Ecology.
Economic history.
Frontier and pioneer life.
Human ecology.
Indians of North America.
Nature > Effect of human beings on.
Alaska.
Genre:
History.

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Lummi Library F 904 .H39 2002 278919 Stacks Available -

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