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Alaska, an American Colony Paperback – March 31, 2006

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Alaska has not evolved in a vacuum. It has been part of larger stories: the movement of Native peoples and their contact and accommodation to Western culture, the spread of European political economy to the New World, and the expansion of American capitalism and culture.

Alaska, an American Colony focuses on Russian America and American Alaska, bringing the story of Alaska up to the present and exploring the continuing impact of Alaska Native claims settlements, the trans-Alaska pipeline, and the Alaska Lands Act. In contrast to the stereotype of Alaska as a place where rugged individualists triumph over the harsh environment, distinguished historian Stephen Haycox offers a less romantic, more complex history that emphasizes the broader national and international contexts of Alaska’s past and the similarities between Alaska and the American West. Covering cultural, political, economic, and environmental history, the book also includes an overview of the region’s geography and the anthropology of Alaska’s Native peoples.

Throughout Alaska, an American Colony, Haycox stresses the continuing involvement of Alaska Natives in the state’s economic, political, and social life and development. He also explores the power of myth in historical representations of Alaska and the controlling influence of national perceptions of the region.
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  2. Language
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    University of Washington Press
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    March 31, 2006
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    6 x 1 x 8.75 inches
  6. ISBN-10
    0295986298
  7. ISBN-13
    978-0295986296
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"Deeply and methodically researched, carefully and accurately presented, Haycox's argument is clear: Alaska's people have been relatively powerless to determine their future, despite being the ones who best know Alaska. As debate continues over the exploitation of Alaska's remaining oilfields, this is a point of view that must be heard."―Booklist

"This history of Alaska's development looks at the early postcontact period through Russian America and US territorial status and statehood. . . . Interspersed with the concise direct narrative are illuminating insights into the role of outside forces on Alaska and the failure of all attempts to make this area self-sufficient within the contemporary economy."―Choice

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"Having read every general history of Alaska from Bancroft to the present, and many studies of special Alaskan topics, and having lived in Alaska for more than forty years―-I have only one comment: Alaska: An American Colony is by far the finest history of Alaska yet produced."―Wallace M. Olson, Professor of Anthropology, Emeritus, University of Alaska

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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ University of Washington Press (March 31, 2006)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Paperback ‏ : ‎ 372 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0295986298
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0295986296
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 1.35 pounds
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 6 x 1 x 8.75 inches
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  • M&M
    5.0 out of 5 stars Course Book I'd Read Again
    Reviewed in the United States on October 8, 2013
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    This book was required reading for my AK History course a few semesters ago and it's one of the few course books I've read all the way through. It covered all of Alaska's history from the first people crossing over from what is now Siberia to recent years, but the book is by no means a dull or difficult read. It's a good book to start with if you're just beginning to learn about Alaska.
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    Read this please! Learn about Alaska.
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  • Richard Gazala
    4.0 out of 5 stars A Brief and Interesting Primer
    Reviewed in the United States on November 12, 2010
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    The title of Stephen Haycox' book is slightly misleading, as the first half of the work details imperial Russia's "discovery," exploration and exploitation of Alaska before selling the massive territory to America in 1867 for $7.2 million (about two cents an acre). The book is a brief and interesting primer on Alaskan history from the middle of the 18th century to the dawn of the 21st. Haycox concentrates on sociocultural conflicts between natives and incomers; interminable discord between environmentalists and industrialists; and since statehood in 1959, strife between competing native, state, and federal sovereignty claims over land and resources. Particularly in the first half of the book, Haycox occasionally obsesses with minutia better left to a lengthier examination. Nonetheless, this is a good and well-written introduction to Alaskan history, including an ample bibliography for readers interested in learning more about America's "Last Frontier."
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    3.0 out of 5 stars Decent
    Reviewed in the United States on April 19, 2016
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    Needed to read this for a history class. Good overview of Russian Alaska (the first half of the text) but it often seems wordy and dry.
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    Reviewed in the United States on April 19, 2016
    Needed to read this for a history class. Good overview of Russian Alaska (the first half of the text) but it often seems wordy and dry.
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    Reviewed in the United States on April 12, 2016
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    good book
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  • Gus
    5.0 out of 5 stars Great History Text
    Reviewed in the United States on November 13, 2006
    I read this book for my History of Alaska course and found it to be an excellent resource. Spanning from the arrival of the first people in Alaska to modern times, it provides great summaries of every major event in Alaskan history. The text is extremely full of people, places and happenings. If you are looking for an in-depth history of Alaska, this is it.
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  • WHR
    4.0 out of 5 stars A very good explanation of pre-American presence in Alaska
    Reviewed in the United States on March 18, 2017
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    A very good explanation of pre-American presence in Alaska, and how it has affected the present dynamics of that region
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