Context -- Interlude: Nature -- Beginnings -- Interlude: Socialism -- War -- Interlude: Z.J. Loussac -- Inside -- Interlude: Mikami family photographs -- Outside -- Transition -- Appendix: Alaska's new era; New conditions; Anchorage; The Japanese menace; Applies to Resurrection Bay; Alaskans form type; Loussac's daily gossip; "The orphan's complaint"; Natives and World War One; Sons of Japan living here; Liberal in all patriotic movements; Immigration; No room for job hunters; Eklutna Industrial School; Civilization is menaced by Spanish savagery; A message from the Kimura family; Good advice
Summary
First settled in 1915, Anchorage, Alaska, was founded with the American empire in mind. During World War I, it served as a conduit through which coal could be shipped to the Pacific, where the US Navy was engaged with Japan. Decades later, during World War II, Anchorage became an equally important site for the defense of the mainland and the projection of American power. City for Empire tells the story of Anchorage's development in that period, focusing in particular on the international context of the city's early decades and its surprisingly diverse inhabitants. A thorough yet accessible rea
