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Alaska, a History of the 49th State
by Claus-M. Naske, Herman E. Slotnick
Product Group: Book
Publisher: Wm. B. Eerdmans Pub. Co. (1979)
ISBN: 0802870414
EAN: 9780802870414
Paperback: 340 pages
SKU: E134188
Condition: New
Comments: 0802870414 1979 Softcover free of markings. Cover shows very minimal shelf wear. This book shows no evidence of having been used; gift quality, pretty. Your book will be carefully protected for transit in sturdy, weather-resistant packaging. We are prompt, efficient, communicative.
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Customer Reviews
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Poor history
Rating  (1)
Date: 2004-01-08
4 out of 10 customers found this reveiw helpful
If this is the book you read to learn about Alaska then you didn't learn much. I notice in both editions that there is no mention whatever of the Aleut Evacuation...the what, you say? Yes, the forced evacuation of the Aleut people (no I am not Alaska Native) by our government in the name of security for which George I had not one word of apology when he expressed regret to the Japanese-Americans for their internment. By all means, see the film "Aleut Evacuation", Procuders Michael & Mary Jo Thill, Gaff Rigged Productions, Girdwood, Alaska. Co-produced by Dimitri Philemonof, Aleutian/Pribilof Islands Assoc, Inc. 1992. You may have to get it from the Anchorage Museum of History and Art but this history that has been deliberately supressed by our government must be known or your study of American History is incomplete.
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Time for a new edition
Rating  (3)
Date: 2002-09-14
5 out of 5 customers found this reveiw helpful
I've lived in Alaska 21 years and found this a frustrating book. It was chocked full of information, but uneven. Although a second edition, it was rife with pathetic typos and mispelled names. The authors deal in authoritative (perhaps excruciating) detail with political haggling for landmark rulings such as the Native land claims and authorization of the Trans-Alaska Pipeline. Yet they omit any reference to arts, wildlife management or the way people's living conditions have changed. As examples of this patchy approach, they tell us exactly how many barrels of oil various wells produced in their early years, but never tell us how many Alaskans died in the 1964 earthquake. Also, the second edition is now sadly dated. This is a useful book, but it is about the Alaska of the politicians and fails to convey a sense of The Great Land and its pioneers.
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Poorly written.
Rating (1)
Date: 2001-02-28
7 out of 11 customers found this reveiw helpful
This book could be so much better if the authors had decided to write about the truth. They paint a false picture of Alaska in the first chapters. I live in Alaska and can not imagine why or how they could devote such a small portion of the book to Native Alaskans and spend so much time discussing the wonderful things Russians did in Alaska. One statement made was that the Russians tried to stop acts of slavery in which Native people were engaging. The fact is that the Russians enslaved and killed many Native people! There are much better books out there than this one.
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Very Good
Rating  (4)
Date: 2000-03-14
8 out of 11 customers found this reveiw helpful
Although I am not from Alaska, nor have I ever visted it, I found this book very enjoyable. I was looking to learn more about the history of Alaska and boy did I. This is a big book and it provides alot of information from the prehistoric era right up to the late 20th century. I would recommend it to anyone looking to get a feel for the history of this very interesting state.
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