Mary F Ehrlander, Hild M Peters

Gebundenes Buch

Hospital and Haven

The Life and Work of Grafton and Clara Burke in Northern Alaska

Beschreibung

Award-winning historian Mary F. Ehrlander and Hild M. Peters tell the compelling story of Episcopal missionaries who engaged in social reform and delivered critical health care to Alaska Native communities as economic development and white migration negatively impacted Native life.

Autor

Mary F. Ehrlander is a professor emeritus of history and Arctic and northern studies at the University of Alaska Fairbanks. She is the winner of the 2018 Alaska Historical Society James H. Drucker Alaska Historian of the Year Award and is the author of Walter Harper, Alaska Native Son (Nebraska, 2017), winner of the Alaska Library Association’s 2018 Alaskana Award. Hild M. Peters holds an MA in Arctic and northern studies from the University of Alaska Fairbanks. Her research includes Indigenous and Alaskan history, and she is an active participant in numerous historical societies. After thirty years of service at UAF, Peters recently retired and launched a career with the Fairbanks Native Association. She is a member of the Koyukon Athabascan community through marriage and resides with her husband and two sons in Fairbanks.  

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bison Books
• Seitenzahl: 360
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Oktober 2023
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 230mm x 154mm x 40mm
• Gewicht: 726g
• ISBN-13: 9781496236180
• ISBN-10: 1496236181
• Artikelnr.: 66965529