An Alaska Anthology

by Haycox, Stephen W.; Mangusso, Mary Childers

• ISBN13: 9780295974958
• ISBN10: 0295974958
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1996-07-01
• Publisher: Univ of Washington Pr

Summary

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.

Table of Contents

Preface
Acknowledgments
Introduction
Alaska History: An Outline
Finding America	p. 3
Russian Dependence on the Natives of Alaska	p. 21
Ivan Pan'kov: Architect of Aleut Literacy	p. 43
Astor and Baranov: Partners in Empire	p. 66
Two Missions to Alaska	p. 76
The Sale of Alaska in the Context of Russian American Relations in the Nineteenth Century	p. 89
American Public Opinion and the Purchase of Russian America	p. 102
"Hemmed In": Reactions in British Columbia to the Purchase of Russian America	p. 118
The Early Ministry of S. Hall Young, 1878-1888	p. 134
Female Native Teachers in Southeast Alaska: Sarah Dickinson, Tillie Paul, and Frances Willard	p. 156
Chief Sesui and Lieutenant Herron: A Story of Who Controls the Bacon	p. 176
Controlling the Periphery: The Territorial Administration of the Yukon-Alaska, 1867-1959	p. 191
Gold Rushers North: A Census Study of the Yukon and Alaska Gold Rushes, 1896-1900	p. 206
Sourdough Radicalism: Labor and Socialism in Alaska, 1905-1920	p. 222
The Pacific Salmon Fisheries: A Study of Irrational Conservation	p. 238
Anthony J. Diamond and the Politics of Integrity	p. 246
The New Deal and Alaskan Natives, 1936-1945	p. 267
Governor Ernest Gruening's Struggle for Territorial Status: Personal or Political?	p. 287
The Realities of Strategic Planning: The Decision to Build the Alaska Highway	p. 301
Jim Crow in Alaska: The Passage of the Alaska Equal Rights Act of 1945	p. 314
Economic Development and Indian Land Rights in Modern Alaska: The 1947 Tongass Timber Act	p. 336
The Governor Who Opposed Statehood: The Legacy of Jay Hammond	p. 364
Project Chariot: Alaskan Roots of Environmentalism	p. 378
Corruption: Alaska Size	p. 407
The End of Wilderness	p. 433
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