Fighting for the Forty-Ninth Star : C. W. Snedden and the Crusade for Alaska Statehood /

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When Alaskans in the 1950s demanded an end to ""second-class citizenship"" of territorial status, southern powerbrokers on Capitol Hill were the primary obstacles. They feared a forty-ninth state would tip the balance of power against segregation, and therefore keeping Alaska out...

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Autor principal: Cole, Terrence, 1953-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Fairbanks, Alaska : University of Alaska Foundation, 2010.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Snedden, Charles Willis, > 1913-1989.
Fairbanks daily news-miner.
Fairbanks daily news-miner > History.
Statehood (American politics)
Politics and government.
Newspaper editors.
HISTORY > United States > State & Local > General.
Redacteurs en chef > Alaska > Biographies.
Statehood (Politique americaine)
Newspaper editors > Alaska > Biography.
Alaska.
Alaska > Biographies.
Alaska > Politique et gouvernement > 1867-1959.
Alaska > Biography.
Alaska > Politics and government > 1867-1959.
History.
Biographies.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Foreword; Preface; Acknowledgments; Ch. 1: Ain't God Good to Fairbanks; Ch .2: The Progress Edition; Ch. 3: Statehood Now!; Ch. 4: Breaking Stories and Making News; Ch. 5: The New "Ike Age" in Alaska; Ch. 6: The Rise of Ted Stevens; Ch. 7: States' Rights and Civil Rights; Ch. 8: "We Are Right andCongress Is Wrong"; Ch. 9: "Giveaway McKay" and"The Garbage Man"; Ch. 10: "Start Acting LikeLadies and Gentlemen"; Ch. 11: The Seaton Revolution; Ch.12: "Second-Class Citizens"and the "Lunatic Fringe"; Ch. 13: Mixing Oil and Politics; Ch. 14: "The Lord and Lyndon."
  • Ch.15: "A Snowball in Hell"Ch.16: The Power of the Press; Ch.17: The Last Resort; Epilogue; Notes; Bibliography; Index.

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