Alaska's first American century: the view ahead

Alaska and Canada have recently been celebrating the one hundredth anniversary of those separate events, both occurring in 1867, which gave birth to their modern political alignment. Because of its geographical position, Alaska's history, more than that of any other state of the union, develope...

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Published in:Polar Record
Main Author: Moore, Terris
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: Cambridge University Press (CUP) 1968
Subjects:
General Earth and Planetary Sciences
Ecology
Geography, Planning and Development
Canada
Polar Record
Alaska
Siberia
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0032247400056229
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spelling crcambridgeupr:10.1017/s0032247400056229 2024-03-03T08:48:09+00:00 Alaska's first American century: the view ahead Moore, Terris 1968 http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0032247400056229 https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/S0032247400056229 en eng Cambridge University Press (CUP) https://www.cambridge.org/core/terms Polar Record volume 14, issue 88, page 3-13 ISSN 0032-2474 1475-3057 General Earth and Planetary Sciences Ecology Geography, Planning and Development journal-article 1968 crcambridgeupr https://doi.org/10.1017/s0032247400056229 2024-02-08T08:32:22Z Alaska and Canada have recently been celebrating the one hundredth anniversary of those separate events, both occurring in 1867, which gave birth to their modern political alignment. Because of its geographical position, Alaska's history, more than that of any other state of the union, developed in response to international events. Its original Russian occupation, and its acquisition by the United States a century ago, emerge from the history of eastern Siberia, and are related to events in the region of the river Amur, once a part of the ancient Chinese empire. Its purchase also carried with it a boundary dispute merging Alaska's history with that of western Canada. Article in Journal/Newspaper Polar Record Alaska Siberia Cambridge University Press Canada Polar Record 14 88 3 13
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Ecology
Geography, Planning and Development
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