Ragged coast, rugged coves labor, culture, and politics in southeast Alaska canneries /

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"Ragged Coast, Rugged Coves explores the untold story of cannery workers in southeast Alaska from the Russian era through the Cold War, particularly how making a living was pitted against the economic realities of the day"--

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Purvis, Diane J. (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press, [2021]
Temas:
Salmon canning industry > Alaska > History.
Salmon canneries > Alaska > History.
Cannery workers > Alaska > Economic conditions.
Cannery workers > Alaska > Social conditions.
Saumon en conserve > Industrie > Alaska > Histoire.
Conserveries de saumon > Alaska > Histoire.
Conserveries > Personnel > Alaska > Conditions économiques.
Conserveries > Personnel > Alaska > Conditions sociales.
SOCIAL SCIENCE / Ethnic Studies / Native American Studies
Salmon canning industry.
Salmon canneries.
Alaska.
History.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • A time before the salmon cans
  • The tin can men
  • Metlakatla and the Tsimshian
  • From Norwegian fjords to Alaskan glaciers
  • Salmon and the politics of corporate capitalism
  • The immigrants are necessary but unwelcome
  • The rising voices of Alaska natives
  • The alaskeros
  • Fighting back with unions inthe 1930s
  • A union of their own
  • The inequities of war
  • The Hanna hearings and Hydaburg
  • The cannery period heyday wanes
  • When cannery children remember

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