1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910792703803321

Autore

Cravez Pamela

Titolo

The Biggest Damned Hat : Tales from Alaska's Territorial Lawyers and Judges / / Pamela Cravez

Pubbl/distr/stampa

University of Alaska Press

Fairbanks, AK : , [2017]

ISBN

1-60223-318-7

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (225 pages)

Disciplina

349.798

Soggetti

Lawyers

Law

Law - Alaska

Lawyers - Alaska

Law - Alaska - History

History

Biographies.

Anecdotes.

Alaska

Alaska History 1867-1959

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Three lucky Swedes and one corrupt judge -- Wickersham chafes under Eagle's slow pace -- George Grigsby's biggest damned hat -- Becoming Norman Banfield -- W.C. Arnold : territorial Alaska's most powerful lobbyist -- Mildred Hermann and Dorothy Haaland : independent thinking women -- Hellenthal chooses Anchorage -- Tales of the silver fox -- Judge George Folta : license to hunt -- Remembering Judge Folta and Ketchikan's red light district -- Influence and discipline : policing territorial lawyers -- Buell Nesbett : navigating territorial waters -- Anchorage lawyers : creating a better system -- Rocky seas : the great Alaska court-bar fight -- Nesbett's surrogate -- Grace Berg Schaible and the Tanana Valley bar -- More frontier stories.

Sommario/riassunto

"Alaska history from the days before statehood is rich in stories of



colorful characters--prospectors, settlers, heroes, and criminals. And right alongside them were judges and lawyers, working first to establish the rule of law in the territory, then, later, laying the groundwork for statehood. [This book is a] collection of stories ranging from the gold rush to the 1950s. Built on interviews and oral histories from more than fifty lawyers who worked in Alaska before 1959, and buttressed by research into legal history, the book offers a ... portrait of law in the territory--from laying the groundwork for strong civil and criminal law to helping to secure mining and fishing rights to the Alaska Court-Bar fight, which pitted Alaska's community of lawyers against its nascent Supreme Court. Bringing to life a time long past--when some of the best lawyers had little formal legal education--[this book] fills ... a part of the story of Alaska's history."--

2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910813200703321

Autore

Şengül Ceren

Titolo

Customized forms of Kurdishness in Turkey : state rhetoric, locality, and language use / / Ceren Şengül

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Lanham, Maryland : , : Lexington Books, , [2018]

©2018

ISBN

1-4985-7357-6

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (137 pages)

Collana

Kurdish societies, politics, and international relations

Disciplina

305.891/5970561

Soggetti

Kurds - Turkey - Politics and government

Kurds - Turkey - Social conditions

Kurds - Turkey - Languages

Turkey Ethnic relations

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Introduction : researching Kurdishness in Turkey -- Abbreviations -- Two "moments of transition" : how state rhetoric plays a role in manifestations of Kurdishness -- Contextualising Kurdishness through localities : everyday experiences of prejudice/discrimination --



Contextualising Kurdishness through language : family environment and neighbourhood -- Conclusion : (re-)shaping Kurdishness from macro to micro -- Appendix : list of the respondents.

Sommario/riassunto

This book unpacks the diversity of experiences of Kurdishness in Turkey. By doing that, this book fills the gap within the literature on ethnicities.