Completing the Union: Alaska, Hawai'i, and the Battle for Statehood
(Part of the Histories of the American Frontier Series and Histories of the American Frontier Series Series)
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As late as mid-1941 the two territories of Alaska and Hawai'i were little known by most Americans. Alaska was seen as a frozen wasteland and Hawai'i, an exotic outpost in the mid-Pacific with a multi-racial, particularly Asian, population. The bombing of Pearl Harbor in late 1941 and the capture of two Aleutian Islands in 1942 made the two territories central theaters of World War II. Thousands of Americans came to know Alaska and Hawai'i as never...
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:082633637X
ISBN13:9780826336378
Release Date:November 2004
Publisher:University of New Mexico Press
Length:456 Pages
Weight:1.55 lbs.
Dimensions:1.3" x 6.1" x 9.0"
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