Saloons, Prostitutes, and Temperance in Alaska Territory
Saloons, Prostitutes, and Temperance in Alaska Territory

Author: Catherine Holder Spude

Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press

Published: 2015-02-04

Total Pages: 345

ISBN-13: 0806149973

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In Saloons, Prostitutes, and Temperance in Alaska Territory, Catherine Holder Spude explores the rise and fall of these enterprises in Skagway, Alaska, between the gold rush of 1897 and the enactment of Prohibition in 1918. Her gritty account offers a case study in the clash between working-class men and middle-class women, and in the growth of women’s political and economic power in the West.

Empire's Edge
Empire's Edge

Author: Preston Jones

Publisher: University of Alaska Press

Published: 2007

Total Pages: 170

ISBN-13: 1889963895

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In 1898, Nome, Alaska, burst into the American consciousness when one of the largest gold strikes in the world occurred on its shores. Over the next ten years, Nome’s population exploded as both men and women came north to seek their fortunes. Closer to Siberia than to New York, Nome’s citizens created their own version of small-town America on the northern frontier. Less than 150 miles from the Arctic Circle, they weathered the Great War and the diphtheria epidemic of 1925 as well as floods, fires, and the Great Depression. They enlivened the Alaska winters with pastimes such as high-school basketball and social clubs. Empire’s Edge is the story of how ordinary Americans made a life on the edge of a continent—a life both ordinary and extraordinary.

Bibliography of North American Geology
Bibliography of North American Geology

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Published: 1931

Total Pages: 1018

ISBN-13:

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1919/28 cumulation includes material previously issued in the 1919/20-1935/36 issues and also material not published separately for 1927/28. 1929/39 cumulation includes material previously issued in the 1929/30-1935/36 issues and also material for 1937-39 not published separately.

Aboriginal Resource Use in Canada
Aboriginal Resource Use in Canada

Author: Kerry Abel

Publisher: Univ. of Manitoba Press

Published: 1991-01-15

Total Pages: 343

ISBN-13: 0887553095

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This volume addresses a wide range of topics related to Aboriginal resource use, ranging from the pre-contact period to the present. The papers were originally presented at a conference held in 1988 at the University of Winnipeg. Co-editor Kerry Abel has written an introduction that outlines the main themes of the book. She points out that it is difficult to know what the enshrinement of Aboriginal rights in the Canadian Constitution means without knowing exactly what constituted the Aboriginal interest in the land past and present. She also summarizes some of the developments in the rapidly evolving concept of Aboriginal rights.