ABSTRACT

This book describes what Fairbanks was like during trans-Alaska oil pipeline construction and how the community responded to the project, and assesses the unplanned negative effects that, in many cases, outweighed the positive ones.

chapter Chapter 1|16 pages

What Happened to Fairbanks?

chapter Chapter 2|16 pages

Gold in the Streets

chapter Chapter 3|18 pages

$$$

chapter Chapter 4|31 pages

Alaska Hire and Minority Hire

chapter Chapter 5|23 pages

Outsiders

chapter Chapter 6|18 pages

Impacts That Didn't Happen

chapter Chapter 7|16 pages

Boom/Bust Dilemma

chapter Chapter 8|14 pages

The Chamber and the Churches

chapter Chapter 9|10 pages

Unexpected Impacts

chapter Chapter 10|15 pages

Teenagers Take over in Fairbanks

chapter Chapter 11|18 pages

A New Spectator Sport

chapter Chapter 12|28 pages

Mental Health

chapter Chapter 13|34 pages

People with the Most to Lose and the Least to Gain

chapter Chapter 14|13 pages

Reviewing Assumptions: A Model for Planners

chapter Chapter 15|20 pages

A Model for Social Scientists

chapter Chapter 16|11 pages

Learning from the Fairbanks Experience