Stephen Walter Haycox is an emeritus professor of history at the

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(UAA), author, and columnist for the ''

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''. He has written about the

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. 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. He has a Ph.D. from the

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. 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. Haycox is interviewed in the

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'' The Harriman Alaska Expedition Retraced''. His book ''Battleground Alaska'' explores conflict between state's rights and federalism in environmental policy. 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. He wrote the foreword to ''In Pursuit of Alaska, An Anthology''.

Bibliography

*''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

References

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