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List Price: $16.95Amazon.com's Price: $12.77 You Save: $4.18 (25%)Prices subject to change.
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Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 979.8
EAN: 9780060503079
ISBN: 0060503076
Label: Harper Perennial
Manufacturer: Harper Perennial
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 640
Publication Date: 2004-01
Publisher: Harper Perennial
Release Date: January 20, 2004
Sales Rank: 293717
Studio: Harper Perennial
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Product Description:
The history of Alaska is filled with stories of new land and new riches -- and ever present are new people with competing views over how the valuable resources should be used: Russians exploiting a fur empire; explorers checking rival advances; prospectors stampeding to the clarion call of "Gold!"; soldiers battling out a decisive chapter in world war; oil wildcatters looking for a different kind of mineral wealth; and always at the core of these disputes is the question of how the land is to be used and by whom.
While some want Alaska to remain static, others are in the vanguard of change. Alaska: Saga of a Bold Land shows that there are no easy answers on either side and that Alaska will always be crossing the next frontier.
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I read this book shortly after returning from a trip to Alaska and after reading Mitchner's Alaska which it parallels. I found it enjoyable and interesting reading and especially liked how he capsulized the various bits in self contained chapters. Having said that I found some of the chapters on the Russian history a bit of a drag and then some of the later chapters left me looking for more. But if you want a general history to get a feel for this fascinating place, you can't beat this.
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Walter R. Borneman tells the interesting social and political history of Alaska, from the Native peoples through the Russian occupation and the sale to the United States down to the present day. The last 100 years or so is covered in greater detail than much of the time prior, but this is still the most comprehensive book about Alaska that I could find. Given the large size of Alaska there is a lot of ground covered in this book from mountaineering and those who surveyed and climbed the peaks to ... Read More
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This a well written history of our 49 state. Anyone interested in the history of Alaska will find this book interesting.
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This book contains very detailed info. After traveling to Alaska and taking some 400 photos, this book has helped me put together a more detailed narrative to go along with the photos.
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I thought this book does an excellent job of relating Alaskan history prior to statehood. The impact of Russian America and World War II proves to be well written. After statehood, it seem like only thing that went on in Alaska were related to oil, native land claims and 1964 Earthquake. There were whole lot more that took place in this state during the last 45 years that the book covered. Unfortunately, the author seem to be enamoured with the big headlines subjects in the post statehood period.
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