Diane J. Purvis

They Came But Could Not Conquer

The Struggle for Environmental Justice in Alaska Native Communities

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Produktbeschreibung

As the environmental justice movement slowly builds momentum, Diane J. Purvis highlights the work of Alaskaâ s Indigenous peoples in small rural villages who have faced incredible odds throughout history yet have built political clout fueled by vigorous common cause in defense of their homes and livelihood.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: University of Nebraska Press
• Seitenzahl: 314
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Mai 2024
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 18mm
• Gewicht: 476g
• ISBN-13: 9781496237576
• ISBN-10: 1496237579
• Artikelnr.: 68282717

Autorenporträt

Diane J. Purvis taught cultural history at Alaska Pacific University for twenty-five years. She is the author of Ragged Coast, Rugged Coves: Labor, Culture, and Politics in Southeast Alaska Canneries (Nebraska, 2021) and The Drive of Civilization: The Stikine Forest versus Americanism.  

Inhaltsangabe

List of Illustrations
Introduction
1. Fish Camp to Picnic Bench in Áak’w Land
2. Aleutian Shores to Scorched Earth
3. Sealers to Slaves on the Pribilof Islands
4. Hunters to Reindeer Herders
5. Baleen to Bombs, Project Chariot
6. Boreal Forest to Floodplain, Rampart Dam
7. Etok versus Big Oil
8. A Whaling Captain and the World
9. When the Raven Flies with the Dove
10. The Day the Waters Died
11. Grandmother to Water Guardian
12. Fishing for Fines on the Kuskokwim River
Epilogue: The Aftermath
Notes
Bibliography
Index