They Came But Could Not Conquer: The Struggle for Environmental Justice in Alaska Native Communities by Purvis, Diane J.
They Came But Could Not Conquer: The Struggle for Environmental Justice in Alaska Native Communities by Purvis, Diane J.

They Came But Could Not Conquer: The Struggle for Environmental Justice in Alaska Native Communities

As the environmental justice movement slowly builds momentum, Diane J. Purvis highlights the work of Indigenous peoples...
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They Came But Could Not Conquer: The Struggle for Environmental Justice in Alaska Native Communities by Purvis, Diane J.

They Came But Could Not Conquer: The Struggle for Environmental Justice in Alaska Native Communities

CHF 39.92
They Came But Could Not Conquer: The Struggle for Environmental Justice in Alaska Native Communities by Purvis, Diane J.

They Came But Could Not Conquer: The Struggle for Environmental Justice in Alaska Native Communities

CHF 39.92
Author: Diane J. Purvis
Format: Paperback
Language: English
Description
As the environmental justice movement slowly builds momentum, Diane J. Purvis highlights the work of Indigenous peoples in Alaska's small rural villages, who have faced incredible odds throughout history yet have built political clout fueled by vigorous common cause in defense of their homes and livelihood. Starting with the transition from Russian to American occupation of Alaska, Alaska Natives have battled with oil and gas corporations; fought against U.S. plans to explode thermonuclear bombs on the edge of Native villages; litigated against political plans to flood Native homes; sought recompense for the Exxon Valdez oil spill disaster; and struggled against the federal government's fishing restrictions that altered Native paths for subsistence.

In They Came but Could Not Conquer Purvis presents twelve environmental crises that occurred when isolated villages were threatened by a governmental monolith or big business. In each, Native peoples rallied together to protect their land, waters, resources, and a way of life against the bulldozer of unwanted, often dangerous alterations labeled as progress. In this gripping narrative Purvis shares the inspiring stories of those who possessed little influence over big business and regulations yet were able to protect their traditional lands and waterways anyway.


Author: Diane J. Purvis
Publisher: Bison Books
Published: 05/01/2024
Pages: 314
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 1.02lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.70d
ISBN: 9781496237576

About the Author
Diane J. Purvis taught cultural history at Alaska Pacific University for twenty-five years. She is the author of Ragged Coast, Rugged Coves: Labor, Culture, and Politics in Southeast Alaska Canneries (Nebraska, 2021) and The Drive of Civilization: The Stikine Forest versus Americanism.

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