ABSTRACT

This book is both a discussion of key decisions Alaskans must make in coming years and a case study of problems of public finance and policy that accompany shifts in power. Originally published in 1962

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Introduction

chapter I|20 pages

SOME FIRST IMPRESSIONS

part |2 pages

Part I—Main Strands of the Pattern

chapter II|51 pages

THE GREAT LAND

chapter III|43 pages

MAJOR DEVELOPMENT STRANDS

part |2 pages

Part 2—Transition—The Fifties and Statehood

chapter IV|40 pages

THE NINETEEN FIFTIES—A TOTAL PATTERN

chapter V|40 pages

POLITICAL DETERMINISM—AN ALASKAN VERSION

part |2 pages

Part 3—The New State Faces Life

chapter VI|37 pages

A MATTER OF MONEY

chapter VII|30 pages

A MATTER OF EXPECTATION

chapter VIII|21 pages

A MATTER OF DIRECTION

part |2 pages

Conclusion

chapter IX|35 pages

THE FUTURE OF ALASKA