City for empire : an Anchorage history, 1914-1941 / Preston Jones.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Jones, Preston, 1966-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Social conditions.

History.

City and town life.

Anchorage (Alaska)--History--20th century.

City and town life--Alaska--Anchorage--History--20th century.

Anchorage (Alaska)--Social conditions--20th century.

Anchorage (Alaska)--Ethnic relations--History--20th century.

Pacific Area--History--20th century.

Pacific Area--Social conditions--20th century.

Pacific Area.

Alaska--Anchorage.

Physical Description:

xvii, 214 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Fairbanks : University of Alaska Press, [2010]

Contents:

Context

Interlude: Nature

Beginnings

Interlude: Socialism

War

Interlude: Z.J. Loussac

Inside

Interlude: Mikami family photographs

Outside

Transition

Appendix: Alaska's new era; New conditions; Anchorage; The Japanese menace; Applies to Resurrection Bay; Alaskans form type; Loussac's daily gossip; "The orphan's complaint"; Natives and World War One; Sons of Japan living here; Liberal in all patriotic movements; Immigration; No room for job hunters; Eklutna Industrial School; Civilization is menaced by Spanish savagery; A message from the Kimura family; Good advice.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781602230842

1602230846

OCLC:

587198922