Alaska Statehood The Memory Of The Battle And The Evaluation Of The Present By Those Who Lived It

Author : Claus-M. Naske
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 217 pages
Book Rating : 4.13/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Alaska Statehood, the Memory of the Battle and the Evaluation of the Present by Those who Lived it written by Claus-M. Naske and published by . This book was released on 1981 with total page 217 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : John S. Whitehead
Publisher : UNM Press
ISBN 13 : 9780826336378
Total Pages : 460 pages
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Download or read book Completing the Union written by John S. Whitehead and published by UNM Press. This book was released on 2004 with total page 460 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The story of the thirteen-year effort to add the 49th and 50th states to the Union.

Author : Stephen W. Haycox
Publisher : University of Washington Press
ISBN 13 : 9780295986296
Total Pages : 430 pages
Book Rating : 4.98/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Alaska written by Stephen W. Haycox and published by University of Washington Press. This book was released on 2006 with total page 430 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A new paper edition of the state's history, which focuses on Russian America and American Alaska.

Author : Claus M. Naske
Publisher : University of Oklahoma Press
ISBN 13 : 0806186135
Total Pages : 519 pages
Book Rating : 4.39/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Alaska written by Claus M. Naske and published by University of Oklahoma Press. This book was released on 2014-10-22 with total page 519 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The largest by far of the fifty states, Alaska is also the state of greatest mystery and diversity. And, as Claus-M. Naske and Herman E. Slotnick show in this comprehensive survey, the history of Alaska’s peoples and the development of its economy have matched the diversity of its land- and seascapes. Alaska: A History begins by examining the region’s geography and the Native peoples who inhabited it for thousands of years before the first Europeans arrived. The Russians claimed northern North America by right of discovery in 1741. During their occupation of “Russian America” the region was little more than an outpost for fur hunters and traders. When the czar sold the territory to the United States in 1867, nobody knew what to do with “Seward’s Folly.” Mainland America paid little attention to the new acquisition until a rush of gold seekers flooded into the Yukon Territory. In 1906 Congress granted Alaska Territory a voteless delegate and in 1912 gave it a territorial legislature. Not until 1959, however, was Alaska’s long-sought goal of statehood realized. During World War II, Alaska’s place along the great circle route from the United States to Asia firmly established its military importance, which was underscored during the Cold War. The developing military garrison brought federal money and many new residents. Then the discovery of huge oil and natural-gas deposits gave a measure of economic security to the state. Alaska: A History provides a full chronological survey of the region’s and state’s history, including the precedent-setting Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act of 1971, which compensated Native Americans for their losses; the effect of the oil industry and the trans-Alaska pipeline on the economy; the Exxon Valdez oil spill; and Alaska politics through the early 2000s.

Author : Garrine P. Laney
Publisher : Nova Publishers
ISBN 13 : 9781590334379
Total Pages : 88 pages
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Download or read book Statehood Process of the Fifty States written by Garrine P. Laney and published by Nova Publishers. This book was released on 2002 with total page 88 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Statehood Process Of The Fifty States

Author : Terrence Cole
Publisher : University of Alaska Press
ISBN 13 : 1883309077
Total Pages : 520 pages
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Download or read book Fighting for the Forty-Ninth Star written by Terrence Cole and published by University of Alaska Press. This book was released on 2010-12-15 with total page 520 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When Alaskans in the 1950s demanded an end to "second-class citizenship" of territorial status, southern powerbrokers on Capitol Hill were the primary obstacles. They feared a forty-ninth state would tip the balance of power against segregation, and therefore keeping Alaska out of the Union was simply another means of keeping black children out of white schools. C.W. "Bill" Snedden, the publisher of America's farthest north daily newspaper, the Fairbanks Daily News-Miner, helped lead the battle of the Far North against the Deep South. Working behind the scenes with his protege, a young attorney named Ted Stevens, and a fellow Republican newspaperman, Secretary of Interior Fred Seaton, Snedden's "magnificent obsession" would open the door to development of the oil fields at Prudhoe Bay, inspire establishment of the Arctic Wildlife Range (now the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge), and add the forty-ninth star to the flag. Fighting for the Forty-Ninth Star is the story of how the publisher of a little newspaper four thousand miles from Washington, D.C., helped convince Congress that Alaskans should be second-class citizens no more.

Author : Thomas A. Morehouse
Publisher : University Press of America
ISBN 13 : 9780819137715
Total Pages : 276 pages
Book Rating : 4.15/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Alaska's Urban and Rural Governments written by Thomas A. Morehouse and published by University Press of America. This book was released on 1984 with total page 276 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Includes notes.

Author : Gerald A. McBeath
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 0199778299
Total Pages : 294 pages
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Download or read book The Alaska State Constitution written by Gerald A. McBeath and published by . This book was released on 2011 with total page 294 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With only 54 years of existence, the Constitution of the State of Alaska is in its developmental infancy compared to the constitutional history of the rest of the United States. However, having had the benefit of over 300 years, the Alaskan Constitution is a pioneer and model in--among other things--simplicity, coherence, vision and accessibility. The Alaska State Constitution provides an outstanding constitutional and historical account of the state's governing charter. In addition to an overview of Alaska's constitutional history, it provides an in-depth, section-by-section analysis of the entire constitution, detailing the many significant changes that have been made since its initial drafting. This treatment, along with a table of cases, index, and bibliography provides an unsurpassed reference guide for students, scholars, and practitioners of Alaska's constitution. Previously published by Greenwood, this title has been brought back in to circulation by Oxford University Press with new verve. Re-printed with standardization of content organization in order to facilitate research across the series, this title, as with all titles in the series, is set to join the dynamic revision cycle of The Oxford Commentaries on the State Constitutions of the United States. The Oxford Commentaries on the State Constitutions of the United States is an important series that reflects a renewed international interest in constitutional history and provides expert insight into each of the 50 state constitutions. Each volume in this innovative series contains a historical overview of the state's constitutional development, a section-by-section analysis of its current constitution, and a comprehensive guide to further research. Under the expert editorship of Professor G. Alan Tarr, Director of the Center on State Constitutional Studies at Rutgers University, this series provides essential reference tools for understanding state constitutional law. Books in the series can be purchased individually or as part of a complete set, giving readers unmatched access to these important political documents.

Author : Donald A. Ritchie
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN 13 : 9780195154344
Total Pages : 324 pages
Book Rating : 4.47/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Doing Oral History written by Donald A. Ritchie and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 2003 with total page 324 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Contains chapters on the discipline of oral history, especially as it relates to public history; starting an oral history project, including funding, staffing, equipment, processing, and legal concerns; conducting interviews; using oral history in research and writing, including publishing; videotaping oral history; and more.

Author : Claus-M. Naske
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 336 pages
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Download or read book A History of Alaska Statehood written by Claus-M. Naske and published by . This book was released on 1985 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Revised edition of the 1973 publication containing three new chapters and a postscript, bringing the story of Alaska up to 1984 and the celebrations which marked the 25th anniversary of statehood.