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The frontier in Alaska and the Matanuska Colony  Cover Image Book Book

The frontier in Alaska and the Matanuska Colony

Miller, Orlando W. (Author).

Summary: A history of the settlement giving a case-study of the only government subsidized settlement programs established in a near-frontier region.

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  • ISBN: 9780300016383
  • ISBN: 0300016387
  • Physical Description: xi, 329 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm.
    print
  • Publisher: New Haven : Yale University Press, 1975.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note: Includes bibliographical references (pages 299-318) and index.
Formatted Contents Note: Alaska before the Matanuska colony -- Origins of the Matanuska colony -- Source of the colonists: Great Lakes cutover revion -- Selection and arrival of the colonists -- Early troubles -- Managing the colony -- Paternalism and pioneers -- Press, a hero of self-help, and some rebels -- Promoting the last frontier: the closed safety valve -- Promoting the last frontier: New state.
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Current Copyright Fee: GBP20.00 0.
Subject: Land settlement Alaska Matanuska River Valley
Frontier and pioneer life Alaska Historiography
Matanuska River Valley (Alaska) Economic conditions
Frontier thesis
Matanuska, Alaska (Valle) Condiciones económicas
Colonisation intérieure Alaska Matanuska, Vallée du
Turner, Hypothèse de
Matanuska, Vallée du (Alaska) Conditions économiques
Economic history
Frontier and pioneer life Historiography
Frontier thesis
Land settlement
Alaska
Alaska Matanuska River Valley
United States, Alaska, Matanuska-Susitna Borough, Matanuska History
United States, Alaska History
Geschichte
Siedlung
Alaska
Migration intérieure États-Unis Alaska
Vie des pionniers États-Unis Alaska
Turner, Hypothèse de
Siedlung
Geschichte
Alaska
Frontier and pioneer life Alaska Historiography
Frontier and pioneer life Historiography Alaska
Frontier thesis
Land settlement Alaska Matanuska River Valley
Land settlement Matanuska Valley
Matanuska River Valley (Alaska) Economic conditions
Matanuska Valley Economic conditions

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Homer Public Library AK 333.009798 MIL (Text) 000065955 Alaskana -- Nonfiction Available -
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