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ISBN 13 : 9780295978505
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (785 download)
Download or read book Battle for Alaska Statehood written by and published by . This book was released on 1967-10-01 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Ernest Gruening
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 150 pages
Book Rating : 4.X/5 ( download)
Download or read book The Battle for Alaska Statehood written by Ernest Gruening and published by . This book was released on 1967 with total page 150 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: History of the campaign for statehood by former governor and present senator of Alaska.
Author : Terrence Cole
Publisher : University of Alaska Press
ISBN 13 : 1883309077
Total Pages : 520 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (833 download)
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 : Claus-M. Naske
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 344 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book Ernest Gruening written by Claus-M. Naske and published by . This book was released on 2004 with total page 344 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 1939, President Franklin D. Roosevelt appointed Ernest Gruening governor of territorial Alaska. What followed were twenty historic years that changed the face of North America when Alaska became a state in 1959. Using unpublished archival materials, Claus-M. Naske follows Gruening from Puerto Rico to the Pacific Islands and from Alaska to Antarctica. As governor, Gruening devoted himself to the economic development of Alaska and fought discrimination against Alaska Natives. In 1958, he was elected to the U.S. Senate where he opposed the Vietnam War and earned a reputation for his liberal views on civil rights. Gruening's letters and memos reveal the challenges that he faced every day as an activist governor and senator. As a man of talent, ambition, and ego, Gruening met conflict head-on and gained the respect of Alaskans for his honesty and plain speech. The life of Ernest Gruening is a personal account of Alaska statehood as well as a political odyssey through the twentieth century.
Author : Phyllis Downing Carlson
Publisher : Aunt Phil's Trunk
ISBN 13 : 157833330X
Total Pages : 344 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (783 download)
Download or read book Aunt Phil's Trunk: Early Alaska written by Phyllis Downing Carlson and published by Aunt Phil's Trunk. This book was released on 2006 with total page 344 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Features stories about Alaska's rich history and was written by late Alaska historian Phyllis Downing Carlson and her niece, Laurel Downing Bill.
Author : Roger Bell
Publisher : University of Hawaii Press
ISBN 13 : 082487904X
Total Pages : 460 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (248 download)
Download or read book Last Among Equals written by Roger Bell and published by University of Hawaii Press. This book was released on 2019-03-31 with total page 460 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Last Among Equals is the first detailed account of Hawaii's quest for statehood. It is a story of struggle and accommodation, of how Hawaii was gradually absorbed into the politcal, economic, and ideological structures of American life. It also recounts the complex process that came into play when the states of the Union were confronted with the difficulty of granting admission to a non-contiguous territory with an overwhelmingly non-Caucasian population. More than any previous study of modern Hawaii, this book explains why Hawaii's legitimate claims to equality and autonomy as a state were frustrated for more than half a century. Last Among Equals is sure to remain a standard reference for modern Hawaiian and American political historians. As important, it will require a reevaluation of two commonly held myths: that of racial harmony in Hawaii and that of automatic equality under the Constitution of the United States.
Author : United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 608 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (319 download)
Download or read book Alaska Statehood and Elective Governorship written by United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs and published by . This book was released on 1953 with total page 608 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: August 17 hearing was held in Ketchikan, Alaska; August 18, 19 hearings were held in Juneau, Alaska; August 20 hearing was held in Fairbanks, Alaska; August 24, 25 hearings were held in Anchorage, Alaska.
Author : United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 576 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (6 download)
Download or read book Alaska Statehood written by United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs and published by . This book was released on 1950 with total page 576 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Stephen W. Haycox
Publisher : University of Washington Press
ISBN 13 : 0295800372
Total Pages : 479 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (958 download)
Download or read book An Alaska Anthology written by Stephen W. Haycox and published by University of Washington Press. This book was released on 2011-06-01 with total page 479 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.
Author : Victor Fischer
Publisher : University of Alaska Press
ISBN 13 : 1602231419
Total Pages : 458 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (22 download)
Download or read book To Russia with Love written by Victor Fischer and published by University of Alaska Press. This book was released on 2012-10-15 with total page 458 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Son of the famous American journalist Louis Fischer, who corresponded from Germany and then Moscow, and the Russian writer Markoosha Fischer, Victor Fischer grew up in the shadow of Hitler and Stalin, watching his friends’ parents disappear after political arrests. Eleanor Roosevelt personally engineered the Fischer family’s escape from Russia, and soon after Victor was serving in the United States Army in World War II and fighting opposite his childhood friends in the Russian and German armies. As a young adult, he went on to help shape Alaska’s map by planning towns throughout the state. This unique autobiography recounts Fischer’s earliest days in Germany, Russia, and Alaska, where he soon entered civic affairs and was elected as a delegate to the Alaska Constitutional Convention—the body responsible for establishing statehood in the territory. A move to Washington, DC, and further government appointments allowed him to witness key historic events of his era, which he also recounts here. Finally, Fischer brings his memoir up to the present, describing how he has returned to Russia many times to bring the lessons of Alaska freedom and prosperity to the newly democratic states.
Author : John S. Whitehead
Publisher : UNM Press
ISBN 13 : 9780826336378
Total Pages : 460 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (363 download)
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 : James A. Michener
Publisher : Dial Press
ISBN 13 : 0804151423
Total Pages : 1178 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (41 download)
Download or read book Alaska written by James A. Michener and published by Dial Press. This book was released on 2013-12-17 with total page 1178 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this sweeping epic of the northernmost American frontier, James A. Michener guides us through Alaska’s fierce terrain and history, from the long-forgotten past to the bustling present. As his characters struggle for survival, Michener weaves together the exciting high points of Alaska’s story: its brutal origins; the American acquisition; the gold rush; the tremendous growth and exploitation of the salmon industry; the arduous construction of the Alcan Highway, undertaken to defend the territory during World War II. A spellbinding portrait of a human community fighting to establish its place in the world, Alaska traces a bold and majestic saga of the enduring spirit of a land and its people. BONUS: This edition includes an excerpt from James A. Michener's Hawaii. Praise for Alaska “Few will escape the allure of the land and people [Michener] describes. . . . Alaska takes the reader on a journey through one of the bleakest, richest, most foreboding, and highly inviting territories in our Republic, if not the world. . . . The characters that Michener creates are bigger than life.”—Los Angeles Times Book Review “Always the master of exhaustive historical research, Michener tracks the settling of Alaska [in] vividly detailed scenes and well-developed characters.”—Boston Herald “Michener is still, sentence for sentence, writing’s fastest attention grabber.”—The New York Times
Author : Harry Ritter
Publisher : Graphic Arts Books
ISBN 13 : 0882409727
Total Pages : 127 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (824 download)
Download or read book Alaska's History written by Harry Ritter and published by Graphic Arts Books. This book was released on 1993-04-01 with total page 127 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A lively, take along account of Alaska's sweeping history made vivid with historical photos and entertaining essays. Topics covered include Native lifestyles before contact with the Europeans; Alexander Baranov and the Russian fur trade; John Muir's visit to Glacier Bay in 1879; the Klondike gold rush stampede; pioneer climbs on Mount McKinley; the exploits of early Alaska Bush pilots; big game hunting in the North Country; Alaska's fisheries, where salmon is king; and today's Native traditions. A history book that's fun to read, Alaska's History sets forth the Last Frontier's glorious past and challenging present.
Author : Peter A. Coates
Publisher : Lehigh University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780934223102
Total Pages : 456 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (231 download)
Download or read book The Trans-Alaska Pipeline Controversy written by Peter A. Coates and published by Lehigh University Press. This book was released on 1991 with total page 456 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 1977 oil began to flow south from the Arctic through the controversial Trans-Alaska Pipeline System (TAPS). This study considers the TAPS proposal and controversy as an extension (even a culmination) of established processes, policies, and attitudes within Alaska history, American environmental history, and the history of conservation. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR
Author : Michael Chiorazzi
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1136766022
Total Pages : 1539 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (367 download)
Download or read book Prestatehood Legal Materials written by Michael Chiorazzi and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2013-05-13 with total page 1539 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Explore the controversial legal history of the formation of the United States Prestatehood Legal Materials is your one-stop guide to the history and development of law in the U.S. and the change from territory to statehood. Unprecedented in its coverage of territorial government, this book identifies a wide range of available resources from each state to reveal the underlying legal principles that helped form the United States. In this unique publication, a state expert compiles each chapter using his or her own style, culminating in a diverse sourcebook that is interesting as well as informative. In Prestatehood Legal Materials, you will find bibliographies, references, and discussion on a varied list of source materials, including: state codes drafted by Congress county, state, and national archives journals and digests state and federal reports, citations, surveys, and studies books, manuscripts, papers, speeches, and theses town and city records and documents Web sites to help your search for more information and more Prestatehood Legal Materials provides you with brief overviews of state histories from colonization to acceptance into the United States. In this book, you will see how foreign countries controlled the laws of these territories and how these states eventually broke away to govern themselves. The text also covers the legal issues with Native Americans, inter-state and the Mexico and Canadian borders, and the development of the executive, legislative, and judicial branches of state government. This guide focuses on materials that are readily available to historians, political scientists, legal scholars, and researchers. Resources that assist in locating not-so-easily accessible materials are also covered. Special sections focus on the legal resources of colonial New York City and Washington, DC—which is still technically in its prestatehood stage. Due to the enormity of this project, the editor of Prestatehood Legal Materials created a Web page where updates, corrections, additions and more will be posted.
Author : Terrence Cole
Publisher : University of Alaska Press
ISBN 13 : 1883309069
Total Pages : 520 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (833 download)
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: Discusses the role of C. W. "Bill" Snedden, owner and publisher of the "Fairbanks Daily News-Miner," and his protege Ted Stevens, a young attorney, in mounting a campaign to win statehood for Alaska in the 1950s, and tells of the opposition they faced from segregationists who feared Alaska would open the door to Hawaii, and the addition of four new senators would lead to the passage of civil rights legislation.
Author : United States. Congress
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 1346 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (121 download)
Download or read book Congressional Record written by United States. Congress and published by . This book was released on 1958 with total page 1346 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
