Peter A. Coates, "The Trans-Alaska Pipeline Controversy: Technology, Conservation and the Frontier"
Publisher: Lehigh Univ Pr | ISBN 10: 0934223106 | 1991 | Epub | 448 pages | 3.5 MB
Publisher: Lehigh Univ Pr | ISBN 10: 0934223106 | 1991 | Epub | 448 pages | 3.5 MB
The proposal for the Trans-Alaska Pipeline spawned one of the most passionately fought conservation battles in American history. This work chronicles the evolution of conservationist concern regarding Alaska since the late nineteenth century as well as Alaska's central position in American frontier history. Illustrated.
Common terms and phrases:
Alaska Highway Alaska Pipeline Alaska Railroad Anchorage Daily ANWR Brooks Range Cape Thompson conservationists Fairbanks Daily News-Miner George Marshall Hickel Ibid permafrost Project Chariot Prudhoe Bay Sierra Club U.S. Congress