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Oil Age Eskimos

Author : Joseph G. Jorgensen
Publisher : Univ of California Press
ISBN 13 : 0520366212
Total Pages : 424 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (23 download)

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Download or read book Oil Age Eskimos written by Joseph G. Jorgensen and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 2022-08-19 with total page 424 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In a book made especially timely by the disastrous Exxon Valdez oil spill in March 1989, Joseph Jorgensen analyzes the impact of Alaskan oil extraction on Eskimo society. The author investigated three communities representing three environments: Gambell (St. Lawrence Island, Bering Sea), Wainwright (North Slope, Chukchi Sea), and Unalakleet (Norton Sound). The Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act of 1971, which facilitated oil operations, dramatically altered the economic, social, and political organization of these villages and others like them. Although they have experienced little direct economic benefit from the oil economy, they have assumed many environmental risks posed by the industry. Jorgensen provides a detailed reminder that the Native villagers still depend on the harvest of naturally-occurring resources of the land and sea—birds, eggs, fish, plants, land mammals and sea mammals. Oil Age Eskimos should be read by all those interested in Native American societies and the policies that affect those societies. This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press’s mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact. Drawing on a backlist dating to 1893, Voices Revived makes high-quality, peer-reviewed scholarship accessible once again using print-on-demand technology. This title was originally published in 1990.

Oil Age Eskimos

Author : Joseph G. Jorgensen
Publisher : Univ of California Press
ISBN 13 : 0520337662
Total Pages : 424 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (23 download)

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Download or read book Oil Age Eskimos written by Joseph G. Jorgensen and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 2023-11-10 with total page 424 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In a book made especially timely by the disastrous Exxon Valdez oil spill in March 1989, Joseph Jorgensen analyzes the impact of Alaskan oil extraction on Eskimo society. The author investigated three communities representing three environments: Gambell (St. Lawrence Island, Bering Sea), Wainwright (North Slope, Chukchi Sea), and Unalakleet (Norton Sound). The Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act of 1971, which facilitated oil operations, dramatically altered the economic, social, and political organization of these villages and others like them. Although they have experienced little direct economic benefit from the oil economy, they have assumed many environmental risks posed by the industry. Jorgensen provides a detailed reminder that the Native villagers still depend on the harvest of naturally-occurring resources of the land and sea—birds, eggs, fish, plants, land mammals and sea mammals. Oil Age Eskimos should be read by all those interested in Native American societies and the policies that affect those societies. This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press’s mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact. Drawing on a backlist dating to 1893, Voices Revived makes high-quality, peer-reviewed scholarship accessible once again using print-on-demand technology. This title was originally published in 1990.

Made in California

Author : Stephanie Barron
Publisher : Univ of California Press
ISBN 13 : 0520337654
Total Pages : 424 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (23 download)

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Download or read book Made in California written by Stephanie Barron and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 2000 with total page 424 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This opulent and expansive volume, published in conjunction with the Los Angeles County Museum of Art's monumental exhibition Made in California: Art, Image, and Identity,1900-2000, charts the dynamic relationship between the arts and popular conceptions of California. Displaying a dazzling array of fine art and material culture, Made in California challenges us to reexamine the ways in which the state has been portrayed and imagined. Unusually inclusive, visually intriguing, and beautifully produced, this volume is a delight throughout--both in image and in text--and will appeal to anyone who has lived in, visited, or imagined California.

Northern Aboriginal Communities

Author : Peter Douglas Elias
Publisher : Captus Press
ISBN 13 : 9781895712377
Total Pages : 286 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (123 download)

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Download or read book Northern Aboriginal Communities written by Peter Douglas Elias and published by Captus Press. This book was released on 1995 with total page 286 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Fossil Fuels, Oil Companies, and Indigenous Peoples

Author : Tobias Haller
Publisher : LIT Verlag Münster
ISBN 13 : 3825897982
Total Pages : 615 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (258 download)

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Download or read book Fossil Fuels, Oil Companies, and Indigenous Peoples written by Tobias Haller and published by LIT Verlag Münster. This book was released on 2007 with total page 615 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 'Fossil Fuels, Oil Companies, and Indigenous Peoples' is a study of oil production that focuses on the places from which oil is extracted, and on the problems, both environmental and human, created in those places. Global public awareness of the devastating impact of oil extraction on local communities has grown considerably in recent years, due in large part to Ken Saro-Wiwa's work on behalf of the Ogoni in south-eastern Nigeria and his death in 1995 at the hands of Nigeria's military dictatorship. This volume consists of eight case-studies, all of them examining these questions: What can indigenous people do when faced with the destruction of their natural and social habitats? And how do oil companies respond to the various forms of local and indigenous resistance to their activities? The eight case studies deal with oil-producing regions in Alaska, Ecuador, Venezuela, Peru, Colombia, Nigeria, Papua New Guinea and West Siberia and encompass 18 indigenous population groups.

Historical Dictionary of the Inuit

Author : Pamela R. Stern
Publisher : Scarecrow Press
ISBN 13 : 0810879123
Total Pages : 291 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (18 download)

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Download or read book Historical Dictionary of the Inuit written by Pamela R. Stern and published by Scarecrow Press. This book was released on 2013-09-26 with total page 291 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This second edition of Historical Dictionary of the Inuit provides a history of the indigenous peoples of North Alaska, arctic Canada including Labrador, and Greenland. This is done through a chronology, an introductory essay, an extensive bibliography, and over 400 cross-referenced dictionary entries on significant persons, places, events, institutions, and aspects of culture, society, economy, and politics. This book is an excellent access point for students, researchers, and anyone wanting to know more about the Inuits.

American Disasters

Author : Steven Biel
Publisher : NYU Press
ISBN 13 : 0814713459
Total Pages : 422 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (147 download)

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Download or read book American Disasters written by Steven Biel and published by NYU Press. This book was released on 2001-11 with total page 422 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ranging widely, essayists here examine the 1900 storm that ravaged Galveston, Texas, the Great Chicago Fire of 1871, the Titanic sinking, the Northridge earthquake, the crash of Air Florida Flight 90, the 1977 Chicago El train crash, and many other devastating events. These catastrophes elicited vastly different responses, and thus raise a number of important questions. How, for example did African Americans, feminists, and labor activists respond to the Titanic disaster? Why did the El train crash take on such symbolic meaning for the citizens of Chicago? In what ways did the San Francisco earthquake reaffirm rather than challenge a predominant faith in progress?

Chronology of Twentieth-Century History: Business and Commerce

Author : Frank N. Magill
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1134264623
Total Pages : 767 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (342 download)

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Download or read book Chronology of Twentieth-Century History: Business and Commerce written by Frank N. Magill and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2014-04-23 with total page 767 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: First Published in 2004. Volume II provides the hard facts and the history behind the headlines; significant 20th-century events in the evolution of all aspects of business and commerce are described in chronologically-arranged articles. The text of each article is divided into two sections: Summary of the Event describes the event itself and the circumstances leading up to it, and Impact of the Event analyzes the influence of the event on the evolution of business practice or on a major industry in both the short and long terms. Each article concludes with a fully annotated Bibliography.

Alaska Outer Continental Shelf, Beaufort Sea and Chukchi Sea Planning Areas, Oil and Gas Lease Sales 209. 212, 217, and 221

Author :
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 544 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (555 download)

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Download or read book Alaska Outer Continental Shelf, Beaufort Sea and Chukchi Sea Planning Areas, Oil and Gas Lease Sales 209. 212, 217, and 221 written by and published by . This book was released on 2009 with total page 544 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Environmental Information for Outer Continental Shelf Oil and Gas Decisions in Alaska

Author : National Research Council
Publisher : National Academies Press
ISBN 13 : 0309050367
Total Pages : 271 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (9 download)

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Download or read book Environmental Information for Outer Continental Shelf Oil and Gas Decisions in Alaska written by National Research Council and published by National Academies Press. This book was released on 1994-02-01 with total page 271 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book reviews the adequacy of information available for predicting and managing the environmental and human effects of oil and gas activities on Alaska's Outer Continental Shelf (OCS). It examines how the Alaskan OCS and adjacent onshore natural and human environments differ from those in more temperate waters and to what degree the information characterizes those differences. (It also recommends alternatives to further studies in some cases where more information would be helpful for decisionmaking.)

Daily Life of the Inuit

Author : Pamela R. Stern
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 280 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (16 download)

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Download or read book Daily Life of the Inuit written by Pamela R. Stern and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2010-06-16 with total page 280 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This wide-ranging treatment of daily life in the contemporary Inuit communities of Alaska, Canada, and Greenland reveals the very modern ways of being Inuit. Daily Life of the Inuit is the first serious study of contemporary Inuit culture and communities from the post-World War II period to the present. Beginning with an introductory essay surveying Inuit prehistory, geography, and contemporary regional diversity, this exhaustive treatment explores the daily life of the Inuit throughout the North American Arctic—in Alaska, Canada, and Greenland. Twelve thematic chapters acquaint the reader with the daily life of the contemporary Inuit, examining family, intellectual culture, economy, community, politics, technology, religion, popular culture, art, sports and recreation, health, and international engagement. Each chapter begins with a discussion of the historical and cultural underpinnings of Inuit life in the North American Arctic and describes the issues and events relevant to the contemporary Inuit experience. Leading sources are quoted to provide analysis and perspective on the facts presented.

Northeast National Petroleum Reserve Amended Integrated Activity Plan

Author :
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 630 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (555 download)

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Download or read book Northeast National Petroleum Reserve Amended Integrated Activity Plan written by and published by . This book was released on 2005 with total page 630 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Northwest National Petroleum Reserve -- Alaska

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Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 378 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (555 download)

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Download or read book Northwest National Petroleum Reserve -- Alaska written by and published by . This book was released on 2003 with total page 378 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

A History of the Arctic

Author : John McCannon
Publisher : Reaktion Books
ISBN 13 : 1780230761
Total Pages : 352 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (82 download)

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Download or read book A History of the Arctic written by John McCannon and published by Reaktion Books. This book was released on 2013-02-15 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Bitter cold and constant snow. Polar bears, seals, and killer whales. Victor Frankenstein chasing his monstrous creation across icy terrain in a dogsled. The arctic calls to mind a myriad different images. Consisting of the Arctic Ocean and parts of Canada, the United States, Russia, Greenland, Finland, Norway and Sweden, the arctic possesses a unique ecosystem—temperatures average negative 29 degrees Fahrenheit in winter and rarely rise above freezing in summer—and the indigenous peoples and cultures that live in the region have had to adapt to the harsh weather conditions. As global temperatures rise, the arctic is facing an environmental crisis, with melting glaciers causing grave concern around the world. But for all the renown of this frozen region, the arctic remains far from perfectly understood. In A History of the Arctic, award-winning polar historian John McCannon provides an engaging overview of the region that spans from the Stone Age to the present. McCannon discusses polar exploration and science, nation-building, diplomacy, environmental issues, and climate change, and the role indigenous populations have played in the arctic’s story. Chronicling the history of each arctic nation, he details the many failed searches for a Northwest Passage and the territorial claims that hamper use of these waterways. He also explores the resources found in the arctic—oil, natural gas, minerals, fresh water, and fish—and describes the importance they hold as these resources are depleted elsewhere, as well as the challenges we face in extracting them. A timely assessment of current diplomatic and environmental realities, as well as the dire risks the region now faces, A History of the Arctic is a thoroughly engrossing book on the past—and future—of the top of the world.

The Sociality of Indigenous Dance in Alaska

Author : Hiroko Ikuta
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1000550001
Total Pages : 200 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (5 download)

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Download or read book The Sociality of Indigenous Dance in Alaska written by Hiroko Ikuta and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2022-04-11 with total page 200 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book explores indigenous dances and social relationships surrounding the dance activities among Yupik on St. Lawrence Island and Iñupiat in Utqiaġvik, Northern Alaska. Yupik and Iñupiat proudly distinguish their indigenous styles of dance, locally called ‘Eskimo dance’, from Western styles of dance, such as ballroom, disco or ballet. Based on two years of intensive fieldwork and 18 years of experience living in Alaska, Ikuta sets out to understand how Yupik and Iñupiaq dances are at the centre of social relationships with the environment, among humans, between humans and animals, and between Native and the Euro-American societies. It also examines how the nature and structure of dance are connected to cultural politics, wrought by political, economic and historical events.

Handbook on Inequality and the Environment

Author : Michael A. Long
Publisher : Edward Elgar Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1800881134
Total Pages : 667 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (8 download)

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Download or read book Handbook on Inequality and the Environment written by Michael A. Long and published by Edward Elgar Publishing. This book was released on 2023-06-01 with total page 667 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This innovative Handbook provides a comprehensive treatment of the complex relationship between inequality and the environment and illustrates the myriad ways in which they intersect. Featuring over 30 contributions from leading experts in the field, it explores the ways in which inequality impacts three of the most pressing contemporary environmental issues: climate change, natural resource extraction, and food insecurity.

The Eskimo and the Oil Man

Author : Bob Reiss
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781455510818
Total Pages : 181 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (18 download)

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Download or read book The Eskimo and the Oil Man written by Bob Reiss and published by . This book was released on 2014-07-01 with total page 181 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Arctic century is upon us. A great jockeying for power and influence has erupted among nations in the high north. At stake are trillions of dollars in profit or loss, US security, geopolitical influence and the fate of a fragile environment as well as the region's traditional people. As the ice melts and oil companies venture north, the polar regions may become the next Panama Canal, the next Arabian Peninsula-places on earth that remain relatively unknown in one century and become pivotal in the next. Now Shell oil plans to sink exploratory wells in the pristine waters off the North Slope of Alaska-a site that the company believes contains three times as much oil as the Gulf of Mexico. THE ESKIMO AND THE OIL MAN tells this story through the eyes of two men, one an INupiat Eskimo leader on Alaska's North Slope, the other the head of Shell Oil's Alaska venture. Their saga is set against the background of an undersea land rush in the Arctic, with Russian bombers appearing off Alaska's coast, and rapid changes in ice that put millions of sea mammals at risk. The men's decisions will affect the daily lives of all Americans, in their cities and towns and also in their pocketbooks. The story begins as a fight and ends with a surprise. In the spirit of Thomas L. Friedman's Hot, Flat, and Crowded, bestselling author Bob Reiss traveled in America's High North over three years and spent time with scientists, diplomats, military planners, Eskimo whale hunters and officials at the highest levels of the government. He traveled to remote villages and sailed on a US icebreaker. THE ESKIMO AND THE OIL MAN reflects the issues dividing every American community wrestling with the balance between energy use and environmental protection, our love of cheap gas and the romance of pristine wilderness.