Inhabited Wilderness

Indians, Eskimos, and National Parks in Alaska

Theodore Catton (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

309 Seiten

1997
University of New Mexico Press (Verlag)
978-0-8263-1827-5 (ISBN)

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This volume, the first in the New American West Series edited by Elliott West, explores Alaska's vast national-park system and the evolution of wilderness concepts in the twentieth century. After World War II, Alaska's traditional Eskimos, Indians, and whites still trapped, hunted, and fished in the forests. Their presence challenged the uninhabited national parks and forced a complex debate over ""inhabited wilderness."" Focusing on three principal national parks--Glacier Bay, Denali, and Gates of the Arctic--the author explores the idea of ""inhabited wilderness,"" which culminated in the Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act in 1980. Among other units, the legislation set aside ten national parks, nine of which allow Alaska natives, whites included, ""customary and traditional"" subsistence use.

Land reborn -- The privileged and the dispossessed -- Fallen indians -- "A game country without rival in America" -- The saga of the seventy-mile kid -- Bob Marshall's Alaska -- The lost tribe -- "We Eskimos would like to join the Sierra Club".

Erscheint lt. Verlag	1.1.2001
Reihe/Serie	New American West Series
Verlagsort	Albuquerque, NM
Sprache	englisch
Maße	151 x 227 mm
Gewicht	525 g
Themenwelt	Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Natur / Technik ► Natur / Ökologie
	Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Sport
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte
	Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Kulturgeschichte
ISBN-10	0-8263-1827-4 / 0826318274
ISBN-13	978-0-8263-1827-5 / 9780826318275
Zustand	Neuware