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    Pandering to glory: Sheldon Jackson's path to Alaska

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    Craddick, Jordan Lee
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    Heaton, John
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    James, Elizabeth
    Mangusso, Mary
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    Abstract
    Presbyterian missionary Sheldon Jackson is a celebrated figure in Alaska history. He is known predominantly for his efforts facilitating the establishment of public schools for Alaska Native people during the late nineteenth century. Jackson's methods have been historically overlooked as being reform-minded initiatives characteristic of Indian assimilation. As a result, historians have concluded that Jackson was a humanitarian with benevolent intentions. Unfortunately, such assessments ignore Jackson's educational platform, which was built upon fictitious slander against indigenous people and the manipulation of Christian women. In addition to speaking tours, Jackson published many editorials, articles, and books alleging that Alaska Native people were barbarous monsters. The propaganda Jackson employed in Alaska was no different from the propaganda he used against Mormons and Native Americans. However, Jackson was maligned for his strategy in the continental United States, whereas in Alaska he was celebrated as a reformer and an authority figure due to ignorance about the northern territory. Alaska captured the public imagination, and Jackson lied about Alaska Native culture for the remainder of his career in order to maintain his Christian enterprise.
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    Thesis (M.A.) University of Alaska Fairbanks, 2013
    Table of Contents
    Chapter 1. Introduction -- Chapter 2. Jackson's early career -- Chapter 3. In prelude to Alaska -- Chapter 4. A Northern opportunatity revealed -- Chapter 5. The circumstances in Wrangell -- Chapter 6. The Alaska scheme -- Chapter 7. Selling Alaska -- Chapter 8. Pecuniary motivations -- Chapter 9. Women organize and propaganda continues -- Chapter 10. Political motivations -- Chapter 11. Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Appendix.
    Date
    2013-08
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    Thesis
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    Arctic and Northern Studies

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