Northern Landscapes: The Struggle for Wilderness Alaska

by Daniel Nelson

0 ratings • 0 reviews • 0 shelved
Book cover for Northern Landscapes

Bookhype may earn a small commission from qualifying purchases. Full disclosure.

Alaska in the early 1950s was one of the world's last great undeveloped areas. Yet sweeping changes were underway. In l958 Congress awarded the new state over 100 million acres to promote economic development. In 1971, it gave Native groups more than 40 million acres to settle land claims and facilitate the building of an 800-mile oil pipeline. Spurred by the newly militant environmental movement, it also began to consider the preservation of Alaska's magnificent scenery and wildlife. Northern Landscapes is an essential guide to Alaska's recent past and to contemporary local and national debates over the future of...Read more
  • ISBN10 1891853856
  • ISBN13 9781891853852
  • Publish Date 4 August 2004
  • Publish Status Active
  • Publish Country US
  • Publisher Taylor & Francis Inc
  • Imprint Resources for the Future Press (RFF Press)
  • Format Paperback
  • Pages 320
  • Language English