Oil age Eskimos
In a book made especially timely by the disastrous Exxon Valdez oil spill in March 1989, Joseph Jorgensen analyzes the impact of Alaskan oil extraction on Eskimo society. The author investigated three communities representing three environments: Gambell (St. Lawrence Island, Bering Sea), Wainwright...
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ftucpressebooks:kt567nb8vs 2023-05-15T15:43:46+02:00 Oil age Eskimos University of California Press eScholarship editions in process Jorgensen, Joseph G 1934- Alaska Alaska Alaska 1990 application/xml http://publishing.cdlib.org/ucpressebooks/view?docId=kt567nb8vs eng eng University of California Press http://www.ucpress.edu/ http://escholarship.cdlib.org ark:/13030/kt567nb8vs ISBN: 0520068432 (alk. paper) LCCN: 89049213 http://publishing.cdlib.org/ucpressebooks/view?docId=kt567nb8vs Public Anthropology Ecology Economics and Business Eskimos -- Alaska -- Economic conditions Eskimos -- Alaska -- Social conditions Petroleum industry and trade -- Social aspects -- Alaska Text 1990 ftucpressebooks 2022-02-20T06:31:54Z In a book made especially timely by the disastrous Exxon Valdez oil spill in March 1989, Joseph Jorgensen analyzes the impact of Alaskan oil extraction on Eskimo society. The author investigated three communities representing three environments: Gambell (St. Lawrence Island, Bering Sea), Wainwright (North Slope, Chukchi Sea), and Unalakleet (Norton Sound). The Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act of 1971, which facilitated oil operations, dramatically altered the economic, social, and political organization of these villages and others like them. Although they have experienced little direct economic benefit from the oil economy, they have assumed many environmental risks posed by the industry. Jorgensen provides a detailed reminder that the Native villagers still depend on the harvest of naturally-occurring resources of the land and sea - birds, eggs, fish, plants, land mammals and sea mammals. Oil Age Eskimos should be read by all those interested in Native American societies and the policies that affect those societies. Text Bering Sea Chukchi Chukchi Sea eskimo* north slope St Lawrence Island Alaska University of California: UC Press E-Books Collection Bering Sea Chukchi Sea Lawrence Island ENVELOPE(-103.718,-103.718,56.967,56.967) Norton Sound ENVELOPE(69.507,69.507,-49.202,-49.202) |
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In a book made especially timely by the disastrous Exxon Valdez oil spill in March 1989, Joseph Jorgensen analyzes the impact of Alaskan oil extraction on Eskimo society. The author investigated three communities representing three environments: Gambell (St. Lawrence Island, Bering Sea), Wainwright (North Slope, Chukchi Sea), and Unalakleet (Norton Sound). The Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act of 1971, which facilitated oil operations, dramatically altered the economic, social, and political organization of these villages and others like them. Although they have experienced little direct economic benefit from the oil economy, they have assumed many environmental risks posed by the industry. Jorgensen provides a detailed reminder that the Native villagers still depend on the harvest of naturally-occurring resources of the land and sea - birds, eggs, fish, plants, land mammals and sea mammals. Oil Age Eskimos should be read by all those interested in Native American societies and the policies that affect those societies. |
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