Título: Alaska: A History
Autor: Claus M. Naske, Herman E. Slotnick
Sinopse: The largest by far of the fifty states, Alaska is also the state of greatest mystery and diversity. And, as Claus-M. Naske and Herman E. Slotnick show in this comprehensive survey, the history of Alaska’s peoples and the development of its economy have matched the diversity of its land- and seascapes. Alaska: A History begins by examining the region’s geography and the Native peoples who inhabited it for thousands of years before the first Europeans arrived. The Russians claimed northern North America by right of discovery in 1741. During their occupation of “Russian America” the region was little more than an outpost for fur hunters and traders. When the czar sold the territory to the United States in 1867, nobody knew what to do with “Seward’s Folly.” Mainland America paid little attention to the new acquisition until a rush of gold seekers flooded into the Yukon Territory. In 1906 Congress granted Alaska Territory a voteless delegate and in 1912 gave it a territorial legislature. Not until 1959, however, was Alaska’s long-sought goal of statehood realized. During World War II, Alaska’s place along the great circle route from the United States to Asia firmly established its military importance, which was underscored during the Cold War. The developing military garrison brought federal money and many new residents. Then the discovery of huge oil and natural-gas deposits gave a measure of economic security to the state. Alaska: A History provides a full chronological survey of the region’s and state’s history, including the precedent-setting Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act of 1971, which compensated Native Americans for their losses; the effect of the oil industry and the trans-Alaska pipeline on the economy; the Exxon Valdez oil spill; and Alaska politics through the early 2000s.
Contexto da obra
Como livro em inglês, esta obra costuma ganhar também uma camada própria de interesse editorial e linguístico. “Alaska: A History”, de Claus M. Naske, Herman E. Slotnick, publicado pela editora University of Oklahoma Press, em 2014 e com 520 páginas, integra a categoria Livros em Inglês. Por isso, o interesse da obra tende a se ampliar quando o leitor considera também a relação com a língua em que ela circula.
Editora: University of Oklahoma Press
Páginas: 520
Ano: 2014-11-18
Edição: Third
Linguagem: en
ISBN: 0806146664
ISBN13: 9780806146669
Sobre a editora
Os livros da editora University of Oklahoma Press oferecem uma imersão profunda em narrativas históricas que exploram conflitos, culturas e personagens do passado americano e mundial. A experiência de leitura costuma ser densa e fundamentada em fontes primárias, com atenção a detalhes como testemunhos, documentos e fotografias originais, o que confere um tom documental e analítico. O catálogo privilegia histórias que revelam tensões sociais e políticas, desde massacres e batalhas até disputas por território e identidade cultural. Há obras que combinam narrativas biográficas com estudos históricos, em ritmo que varia entre o descritivo e o investigativo, atendendo a leitores que buscam compreensão crítica e contextualizada.
