Stephen Haycox

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Stephen Walter Haycox is an emeritus professor of history at the University of Alaska Anchorage (UAA), author, and columnist for the Anchorage Daily News.[1] He has written about the history of Alaska.

He was born in the Upper Midwest and went to high school in a suburb of New York. He was a musician in the Navy and served in the Pacific.[2] He has a Ph.D. from the University of Oregon.[3] His book Frigid Embrace contrasts the non-native Alaskans who come to the state for profit in often exploitative natural resource industries against the indigenous residents lifestyles of people who are permanent residents.[4]

Haycox is interviewed in the documentary film .

His book Battleground Alaska explores conflict between state's rights and federalism in environmental policy.[5]

He received the Alaska Governor's Humanities Award in 2003, the University of Alaska Edith R. Bullock Prize for Excellence in 2002, was named the Alaska Historical Society's Historian of the Year in 2003, and was named a distinguished professor at UAA.[2]

He wrote the foreword to In Pursuit of Alaska, An Anthology.[6]

Bibliography[]

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  • Alaska: An American Colony
  • Frigid Embrace: Politics, Economics and Environment in Alaska
  • An Alaska Anthology: Interpreting the Past, co-editor
  • Battleground Alaska; Fighting Federal Power in America's Last Wilderness[7]

References[]

  1. ^ "Steve Haycox". Anchorage Daily News.
  2. ^ Jump up to: a b Burleson, Ken. "Getting to know history professor Steve Haycox | The Northern Light".
  3. ^ "Alaskool". www.alaskool.org.
  4. ^ Butt, Michael (January 14, 2004). "Review of Haycox, Stephen, Frigid Embrace: Politics, Economics, and Environment in Alaska". H-Environment, H-Review – via www.h-net.org.
  5. ^ Stuhl, Andrew (February 1, 2018). "Review: Battleground Alaska: Fighting Federal Power in America's Last Wilderness by Stephen Haycox". Pacific Historical Review. 87 (1): 226–227. doi:10.1525/phr.2018.87.1.226 – via phr.ucpress.edu.
  6. ^ "UBC Press | About Stephen Haycox". UBC Press.
  7. ^ "Battleground Alaska". kansaspress.ku.edu.



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