Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation
Alaska Native corporations
Alaska Natives
Alaska's Arctic Coast
ANCSA
ANCSA Corporation
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cultural preservation
cultural preservation strategies
Delta Project
Dental Health Professionals
economic development
Energy Resources
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Final Demand Linkage
Head Start Staff
Human Resources Approach
indigenous self-determination
King Crab
Locomotive Strategy
National Interest Lands Conservation Act
Native community development conflicts
Native Corporate Regions
North Slope
North Slope Borough
North Slope Region
Prudhoe Bay
Regional Corporations
resource management policy
Rural Alaska
rural economic transformation
Sea Otter
subsistence economies
Urban Alaskans
Vice Versa
Village Corporations
Product details
- ISBN 9780367019082
- Weight: 590g
- Dimensions: 152 x 229mm
- Publication Date: 07 Jun 2019
- Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Hardback
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This book examines the social, economic, political, and cultural concerns surrounding the development of rural Alaska. The authors explore the controversy over rural development from a variety of perspectives—some supporting economic development and its implications for rural communities, others arguing for alternative approaches. They raise the issues of external control over local development and the effects of the boom-and-bust cycle often associated with rural change. Part 1 surveys the economic development of Alaska's resources, providing an historical overview of its fur, timber, and fishing industries and examining the current importance of oil, gas, minerals, and agricultural products. The section concludes with a discussion of the unique patterns of trade between Alaska and Asia. The second part turns to the organizations that have been, and are presently, the major vehicles for development—the village and regional corporations that grew out of the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act of 1971 and the non-profit organizations responsible for social services and education. The authors also discuss the increasingly important role of governmental institutions. The final section considers the conflict between the goal of economic development and traditional Native values of subsistence and cultural preservation. The authors ask whether the development of Alaska's rural regions must take place at the expense of the traditional lifestyle and cultural distinctiveness of Native society.
