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Author Jones, Preston, 1966-

Title Empire's edge : American society in Nome, Alaska, 1898-1934 / Preston Jones.

Publication Info. Fairbanks : University of Alaska Press, [2007]
©2007

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Description 1 online resource (x, 158 pages) : illustrations, map
Physical Medium polychrome
Description text file
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 141-152) and index.
Access Use copy Restrictions unspecified MiAaHDL
Reproduction Electronic reproduction. [S.l.] : HathiTrust Digital Library, 2010. MiAaHDL
System Details Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL
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Contents Preface; Introduction: Context and Themes; 1. Forging Americanness; 2. Reaching for Empire; 3. Winning; 4. Community; 5. Struggle; 6. Settling; Conclusion; Notes; Bibliography; Index.
Summary In 1898, Nome, Alaska, burst into the American consciousness when one of the largest gold strikes in the world occurred on its shores. Over the next ten years, Nome's population exploded as both men and women came north to seek their fortunes. Closer to Siberia than to New York, Nome's citizens created their own version of small-town America on the northern frontier. Less than 150 miles from the Arctic Circle, they weathered the Great War and the diphtheria epidemic of 1925 as well as floods, fires, and the Great Depression. They enlivened the Alaska winters with pastimes such as high-school b.
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Subject Nome (Alaska) -- History.
Nome (Alaska) -- Social life and customs.
Nome (Alaska) -- Social conditions.
Group identity -- Alaska -- Nome -- History -- 19th century.
Group identity.
Alaska -- Nome.
History.
Chronological Term 19th century
Subject Group identity -- Alaska -- Nome -- History -- 20th century.
Chronological Term 20th century
Subject Community life -- Alaska -- Nome -- History -- 19th century.
Community life.
Community life -- Alaska -- Nome -- History -- 20th century.
Frontier and pioneer life -- Alaska -- Nome.
Frontier and pioneer life.
Chronological Term 1800-1999
Genre/Form Electronic books.
History.
Other Form: Print version: Jones, Preston, 1966- Empire's edge. Fairbanks : University of Alaska Press, ©2007 1889963895 (DLC) 2006010050 (OCoLC)65521487
ISBN 9781602231528 (electronic book)
1602231524 (electronic book)
1889963895
9781889963891