Stephen Haycox
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 Battleground Alaska explores conflict between state's rights and federalism in environmental policy.[4] 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.[5]
Haycox is interviewed in the documentary film The Harriman Alaska Expedition Retraced. 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]
Books
[edit]Haycox is the author of:
- A Warm Past: Travels in Alaska History, Fifty Essays (Press North, 1988)
- Alaska: An American Colony (University of Washington Press, 2002)[6]
- Frigid Embrace: Politics, Economics and Environment in Alaska (Oregon State University Press, 2002)[5]
- Battleground Alaska: Fighting Federal Power in America's Last Wilderness (University Press of Kansas, 2016)[4]
His edited works include:
- Melvin Ricks' Alaska Bibliography: An Introductory Guide to Alaskan Historical Literature (edited with Betty J. Haycox, Alaska Historical Commission, 1977)[7]
- An Alaska Anthology: Interpreting the Past (edited with Mary Childers Mangusso, University of Washington Press, 1996)[8]
- Enlightenment and Exploration in the North Pacific, 1741–1805 (edited with James K. Barnett and Caedmon Liburd, Cook Inlet Historical Society, 1997)[9]
References
[edit]- ^ "Steve Haycox". Anchorage Daily News.
- ^ a b Burleson, Ken. "Getting to know history professor Steve Haycox | The Northern Light".
- ^ "Alaskool". www.alaskool.org.
- ^ a b Reviews of Battleground Alaska:
- Sara Dant, Environmental History, JSTOR 45172490
- Brian Allen Drake, The American Historical Review, JSTOR 26576787
- Kathryn Morse, Western Historical Quarterly, JSTOR 26782884
- William H. Mullins, The Pacific Northwest Quarterly, JSTOR 44790769
- Andrew Stuhl, Pacific Historical Review, JSTOR 26419917
- Laura A. Watt, The Journal of American History, doi:10.1093/jahist/jax127, JSTOR 48548402
- ^ a b Reviews of Frigid Embrace:
- Michael Butt, H-Net Reviews, [1]
- Terrence Cole, The Pacific Northwest Quarterly, JSTOR 40491693
- Sandra McDermott, The Public Historian, doi:10.1525/tph.2004.26.1.169, JSTOR 10.1525/tph.2004.26.1.169
- Deniel Nelson, Environmental History, doi:10.2307/3985729, JSTOR 3985729
- Hal Rothman, Oregon Historical Quarterly, JSTOR 20615373
- John S. Whitehead, Western Historical Quarterly, doi:10.2307/25047261, JSTOR 25047261
- ^ Reviews of Alaska: An American Colony:
- Gordon B. Dodds, Pacific Historical Review, doi:10.1525/phr.2003.72.4.635
- Ted C. Hinckley, Western Historical Quarterly, doi:10.2307/25047314, JSTOR 25047314
- Kathryn Morse, Oregon Historical Quarterly, JSTOR 20615303
- Claus-M. Naske, The Pacific Northwest Quarterly, JSTOR 40491715
- ^ Reviews of Melvin Ricks' Alaska Bibliography:
- Louis Flannery, Oregon Historical Quarterly, JSTOR 20613597
- Arthur E. Hippler, American Indian Quarterly, doi:10.2307/1183777, JSTOR 1183777
- Alan Edward Schorr, Western Historical Quarterly, doi:10.2307/967140, JSTOR 967140
- ^ Review of An Alaska Anthology:
- Eric J. Karolak, Western Historical Quarterly, doi:10.2307/970925, JSTOR 970925
- ^ Reviews of Enlightenment and Exploration in the North Pacific:
- William H. Adams, Historical Archaeology, JSTOR 25616762
- Herbert K. Beals, Oregon Historical Quarterly, JSTOR 20614944
- Daniel Clayton, Ecumene, JSTOR 44252055
- James R. Gibson, Pacific Historical Review, doi:10.2307/3641760, JSTOR 3641760
- Mott Greene, The Pacific Northwest Quarterly, JSTOR 40492476
- Ted C. Hinckley, Western Historical Quarterly, doi:10.2307/971348, JSTOR 971348
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