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.
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