John S Whitehead retired from the history department of University of Alaska, Fairbanks, and resides in Athens, Georgia.
"In his well written book "Completting the Union", retired
University of Alaska history professor John S. Whitehead makes a
substantial contribution to the understanding the statehood
process."
"In his well written book "Completting the Union," retired
University of Alaska history professor John S. Whitehead makes a
substantial contribution to the understanding the statehood
process."
"John S. Whitehead has written a monumental history that traces the
separate but interconnected paths that Alaska and Hawai'i took to
achieve statehood in 1958 and 1959."
"John Whitehead's "Completing the Union" weaves together the
hitories of the 20th century statehood movements in Hawai'i and
alaska, connecting them to each other and to the outside world. . .
"Completing the Union" is a useful first encounter with those
people and with the topic in genereal."
"The territories were always on the fringe of American society
until World War II, when they became the front lines of defense.
Even so, it took 13 years of lobbying against anti-communist
hysteria and cultural blindness to admit the last two states to the
union. History professor Whitehead thoroughly covers the political
battle at each awkward step."
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