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Author Purvis, Diane J., author

Title Ragged coast, rugged coves labor, culture, and politics in southeast Alaska canneries / Diane J. Purvis
Published Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press, [2021]

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Contents A time before the salmon cans -- The tin can men -- Metlakatla and the Tsimshian -- From Norwegian fjords to Alaskan glaciers -- Salmon and the politics of corporate capitalism -- The immigrants are necessary but unwelcome -- The rising voices of Alaska natives -- The alaskeros -- Fighting back with unions inthe 1930s -- A union of their own -- The inequities of war -- The Hanna hearings and Hydaburg -- The cannery period heyday wanes -- When cannery children remember
Summary "Ragged Coast, Rugged Coves explores the untold story of cannery workers in southeast Alaska from the Russian era through the Cold War, particularly how making a living was pitted against the economic realities of the day"-- Provided by publisher
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 301-358) and index
Subject Salmon canning industry -- Alaska -- History
Salmon canneries -- Alaska -- History
Cannery workers -- Alaska -- Economic conditions
Cannery workers -- Alaska -- Social conditions
SOCIAL SCIENCE / Ethnic Studies / Native American Studies
Salmon canning industry
Salmon canneries
Alaska
Genre/Form History
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9781496228512
1496228510