The frontier in Alaska and the Matanuska Colony / Orlando W. Miller.
Material type: TextSeries: Yale Western Americana series ; 26.Publication details: New Haven : Yale University Press, 1975.Description: xi, 329 p. : ill. ; 25 cmISBN:- 0300016387 :
- 9780300016383
- HD210.M37 M54 1975
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Bibliography: p. 299-318.
Includes index.
Alaska before the Matanuska colony -- Origins of the Matanuska colony -- Source of the colonists: Great Lakes cutover revion -- Selection and arrival of the colonists -- Early troubles -- Managing the colony -- Paternalism and pioneers -- Press, a hero of self-help, and some rebels -- Promoting the last frontier: the closed safety valve -- Promoting the last frontier: New state.