City for Empire : An Anchorage History, 1914-1941 /

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First settled in 1915, Anchorage, Alaska, was founded with the American empire in mind. During World War I, it served as a conduit through which coal could be shipped to the Pacific, where the US Navy was engaged with Japan. Decades later, during World War II, Anchorage became an equally important s...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Jones, Preston, 1966-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Fairbanks : University of Alaska Press, 2010.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Social conditions.
Ethnic relations.
City and town life.
HISTORY > State & Local > General.
Vie urbaine > Alaska > Anchorage > Histoire > 20e siecle.
City and town life > Alaska > Anchorage > History > 20th century.
Pacific Area.
Alaska > Anchorage.
Pacifique, Region du > Conditions sociales > 20e siecle.
Pacifique, Region du > Histoire > 20e siecle.
Pacific Area > Social conditions > 20th century.
Pacific Area > History > 20th century.
Anchorage (Alaska) > Ethnic relations > History > 20th century.
Anchorage (Alaska) > Social conditions > 20th century.
Anchorage (Alaska) > History > 20th century.
History.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Context
  • Interlude: Nature
  • Beginnings
  • Interlude: Socialism
  • War
  • Interlude: Z.J. Loussac
  • Inside
  • Interlude: Mikami family photographs
  • Outside
  • Transition
  • Appendix: Alaska's new era; New conditions; Anchorage; The Japanese menace; Applies to Resurrection Bay; Alaskans form type; Loussac's daily gossip; "The orphan's complaint"; Natives and World War One; Sons of Japan living here; Liberal in all patriotic movements; Immigration; No room for job hunters; Eklutna Industrial School; Civilization is menaced by Spanish savagery; A message from the Kimura family; Good advice.

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