Battleground Alaska [electronic resource] :fighting federal power in America's last wilderness / Stephen Haycox.
By: Haycox, Stephen.
Contributor(s): Project Muse.
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BookPublisher: Lawrence : University Press of Kansas, 2016. 2015)Description: 1 online resource (pages cm).Content type: text Media type: computer Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 9780700622733.Subject(s): United States -- Politics and government | Alaska -- Economic conditions | Alaska -- Politics and government -- 1959- | POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Policy / Environmental Policy | NATURE / Environmental Conservation & Protection | HISTORY / United States / State & Local / West (AK, CA, CO, HI, ID, MT, NV, UT, WY) | Federal government -- United States | Public lands -- Alaska -- Management | Environmental policy -- AlaskaGenre/Form: Electronic books. Online resources: Full text available: Summary: "Alaska, "the most anti-statist of the American states," has for decades provided high-profile flashpoints for battles between environmentalists and promoters of economic development. Haycox argues that Alaskans' strong anti-statist sentiments (deep distrust of and anger towards federal regulation and control) have greatly amplified and exacerbated the tensions and critical volleys fired between these long-feuding camps. A case study in federal-state relations and environmental-development conflict, his book underscores Alaska's unique and volatile place in American politics and imagination"-- Provided by publisher.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
"Alaska, "the most anti-statist of the American states," has for decades provided high-profile flashpoints for battles between environmentalists and promoters of economic development. Haycox argues that Alaskans' strong anti-statist sentiments (deep distrust of and anger towards federal regulation and control) have greatly amplified and exacerbated the tensions and critical volleys fired between these long-feuding camps. A case study in federal-state relations and environmental-development conflict, his book underscores Alaska's unique and volatile place in American politics and imagination"-- Provided by publisher.
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