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An Alaska Anthology Interpreting the Past An Alaska Anthology Interpreting the Past Edited by Stephen W. Haycox and Mary Childers Mangusso University of Washington Press Seattle and London Copyright © 1996 by the University of Washington Press Printed in the United States of America 15 14 13 12 11 1009 9 8 765 All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopy, recording, or any information storage or retrieval system, without permission in writing from the publisher. University of Washington Press PO Box 50096 Seattle, WA 98145-5096, USA www.washington.edu/uwpress Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data An Alaska anthology: interpreting the past / edited by Stephen W. Haycox and Mary Childers Mangusso. p. cm. ISBN 978-0-295-97495-8 1. Alaska-History. I. Haycox, Stephen W. II. Mangusso, Mary Childers. F904.5.A42 1996 96-10463 979.8-dc20 CIP The paper used in this publication meets the minimum requirements of American National Standard for Information Sciences-Permanence of Paper for Printed Library Materials, ANSI Z39.48-1984. § Contents Preface ix Acknowledgments x Introduction xi Alaska History: An Outline xvii Finding America Raymond H. Fisher 3 Russian Dependence on the Natives of Alaska James R. Gibson 21 Ivan Pan'kov: Architect of Aleut Literacy Lydia T. Black 43 Astor and Baranov: Partners in Empire James P. Ronda 66 Two Missions to Alaska Richard L. Dauenhauer 76 The Sale of Alaska in the Context of Russian American Relations in the Nineteenth Century Nikolai N. Bolkhovitinov 89 v vi Contents American Public Opinion and the Purchase of Russian America Richard E. Welch, jr. 102 "Hemmed In": Reactions in British Columbia to the Purchase of Russian America Richard E. Neunherz 118 The Early Ministry of S. Hall Young, 1878-1888 Ted C. Hinckley 134 Female Native Teachers in Southeast Alaska: Sarah Dickinson, Tillie Paul, and Frances Willard Victoria Wyatt 156 Chief Sesui and Lieutenant Herron: A Story of Who Controls the Bacon William Schneider 176 Controlling the Periphery: The Territorial Administration of the Yukon-Alaska, 1867-1959 Ken Coates 191 Gold Rushers North: A Census Study of the Yukon and Alaska Gold Rushes, 1896-1900 james H. Ducker 206 Sourdough Radicalism: Labor and Socialism in Alaska, 1905-1920 joseph Sullivan 222 The Pacific Salmon Fisheries: A Study of Irrational Conservation james A. Crutchfield and Giulio Pontecorvo 238 Anthony J. Dimond and the Politics of Integrity Mary Childers Mangusso 246 Contents vii The New Deal and Alaskan Natives, 1936-1945 Kenneth R. Philp 267 Governor Ernest Gruening's Struggle for Territorial Status: Personal or Political? C/aus-M. Naske 287 The Realities of Strategic Planning: The Decision to Build the Alaska Highway M. V. Bezeau 301 Jim Crow in Alaska: The Passage of the Alaska Equal Rights Act of 1945 Terrence M. Cole 314 Economic Development and Indian Land Rights in Modern Alaska: The 1947 Tongass Timber Act Stephen W. Haycox 336 The Governor Who Opposed Statehood: The Legacy of Jay Hammond John Whitehead 364 Project Chariot: Alaskan Roots of Environmentalism Peter Coates 378 Corruption: Alaska Size John Strohmeyer 407 The End of Wilderness Morgan Sherwood 433 Preface T his anthology is a revised and expanded version of a volume edited by Professors Stephen Haycox and Mary Mangusso that first ap peared in 1989. Five successive printings of that collection have demonstrated the continuing need for a selection of articles that comple ments the narrative histories of Alaska used in undergraduate courses and available to general readers. But an explosion of fresh scholarship has oc curred since the original collection. The Alaska Historical Society's jour nal, Alaska History, has printed numerous important articles by established and new historians, and Padfie Northwest {)Jjarterly has continued its strong commitment to scholarship of the region. In addition, new monographs have appeared, along with a number of significant essays in other collec tions and journals, and several useful doctoral dissertations. Symposia on the history of Russian America have also stimulated work in that field. Fre quent users of the first collection have made known their wishes for a re vision that would gather together some of this new work. We are grateful for their comments and confidence; this new selection is a response to their requests. Like the original, this collection is intended to provide a deeper, more focused interpretation of significant events and developments in Alaska history than the general histories or the casual literature. In addition to the work on political, social, and economic history, the editors have added material on environmental history and have expanded the sec tion on Russian America. Ten of the pieces from the original have been retained for this edition, to which have been added fifteen new selec tions. We hope that together they will be as useful as the original. ix
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