Inhabited Wilderness: Indians, Eskimos, and National Parks in Alaska

by Theodore Catton

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This volume, the first in the New American West Series edited by Elliott West, explores Alaska's vast national-park system and the evolution of wilderness concepts in the twentieth century. After World War II, Alaska's traditional Eskimos, Indians, and whites still trapped, hunted, and fished in the forests. Their presence challenged the uninhabited national parks and forced a complex debate over inhabited wilderness. Focusing on three principal...

Format:Paperback

Language:English

ISBN:0826318274

ISBN13:9780826318275

Release Date:October 1997

Publisher:University of New Mexico Press

Length:309 Pages

Weight:1.15 lbs.

Dimensions:0.8" x 6.0" x 8.9"

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