Alaska : a history / Claus-M. Naske and Herman E. Slotnick.
"Alaska: A History provides a full chronological survey of the region's and state's history, including the Russian period; the territory's painfully attenuated quest for statehood; the precedent-setting Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act of 1971, which compensated Native America...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Norman :
University of Oklahoma Press,
©2011.
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| Edition: | 3rd ed. |
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| Summary: | "Alaska: A History provides a full chronological survey of the region's and state's history, including the Russian period; the territory's painfully attenuated quest for statehood; 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."--Jacket. |
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| Physical Description: | xi, 504 pages : illustrations, maps ; 27 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780806140407 (alk. paper) 0806140402 (alk. paper) 9780806125732 080612573X |