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Alaska: a History of the 49th State
Book by Claus-M. Naske, Herman E. Slotnick
- GenresHistory
341 pages, Hardcover
First published January 1, 1979
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April 21, 2019
Disclaimer: I am a Spaniard who visited Alaska, not a native.
A serious history of Alaska. I did not like it too much.
-It only reaches the mid-80s: three and a half decades have passed since then at the moment I write (2019)
-the prose is good in the first chapters, but then it becomes somewhat heavy at the macro level: sometimes you don't get a clear picture of where the chapter is going. The first chapters are more chronological; the last ones are more subject-based.
- The book places great emphasis on legislative developments: how the laws were passed, who supported them, what committees met. It is very boring, because it remains at an intermediate level: not deep enough to really understand it, nor sufficiently summarized to be enjoyable.
The book has an index, population tables, chronological tables of governors, and a final bibliographic essay.
A serious history of Alaska. I did not like it too much.
-It only reaches the mid-80s: three and a half decades have passed since then at the moment I write (2019)
-the prose is good in the first chapters, but then it becomes somewhat heavy at the macro level: sometimes you don't get a clear picture of where the chapter is going. The first chapters are more chronological; the last ones are more subject-based.
- The book places great emphasis on legislative developments: how the laws were passed, who supported them, what committees met. It is very boring, because it remains at an intermediate level: not deep enough to really understand it, nor sufficiently summarized to be enjoyable.
The book has an index, population tables, chronological tables of governors, and a final bibliographic essay.
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