The Trans-Alaska Pipeline Controversy

The Trans-Alaska Pipeline Controversy

Author: Peter A. Coates

Publisher: Lehigh University Press

Published: 1991

Total Pages: 456

ISBN-13: 9780934223102

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In 1977 oil began to flow south from the Arctic through the controversial Trans-Alaska Pipeline System (TAPS). This study considers the TAPS proposal and controversy as an extension (even a culmination) of established processes, policies, and attitudes within Alaska history, American environmental history, and the history of conservation. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR


Alaska Highway Pipeline Inquiry

Alaska Highway Pipeline Inquiry

Author: Canada. Alaska Highway Pipeline Inquiry

Publisher: Minister of Supply and Services Canada

Published: 1977

Total Pages: 212

ISBN-13:

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Report of inquiry held in 1977 into social and economic impact of proposed gas pipeline through southern Yukon Territory.


Alaska Highway Pipeline Inquiry

Alaska Highway Pipeline Inquiry

Author: Alaska Highway Pipeline Inquiry (Canada)

Publisher:

Published: 1977

Total Pages: 171

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Report of inquiry held in 1977 into social and economic impact of proposed gas pipeline through southern Yukon Territory.


The Black Soldiers Who Built the Alaska Highway

The Black Soldiers Who Built the Alaska Highway

Author: John Virtue

Publisher: McFarland

Published: 2012-11-16

Total Pages: 229

ISBN-13: 1476600392

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This is the first detailed account of the 5,000 black troops who were reluctantly sent north by the United States Army during World War II to help build the Alaska Highway and install the companion Canol pipeline. Theirs were the first black regiments deployed outside the lower 48 states during the war. The enlisted men, most of them from the South, faced racial discrimination from white officers, were barred from entering any towns for fear they would procreate a "mongrel" race with local women, and endured winter conditions they had never experienced before. Despite this, they won praise for their dedication and their work. Congress in 2005 said that the wartime service of the four regiments covered here contributed to the eventual desegregation of the Armed Forces.


Amazing Pipeline Stories

Amazing Pipeline Stories

Author: Dermot Cole

Publisher: Epicenter Press (WA)

Published: 1997

Total Pages: 228

ISBN-13:

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In the 1970s, the world's largest construction companies invaded Alaska in a wild rush to build the 800-mile $8 billion trans-Alaska pipeline. Workers by the tens of thousands headed north, hoping to make their fortunes working on the pipeline, in a stampede that dramatically affected Alaska. With the avalanche of big money and new arrivals came new problems: drugs, prostitution, gambling, and violent crime. Rapid economic and social changes ultimately touched the lives of virtually every Alaskan. Journalist Dermot Cole, dean of the Alaska press corps, recalls the best of the pipeline stories with humor, authenticity, and drama.