Mills and Markets: A History of the Pacific Coast Lumber Industry to 1900

Mills and Markets: A History of the Pacific Coast Lumber Industry to 1900 (Emil and Kathleen Sick Book Series in Western History and Biography)

Business & Money

Cox, Thomas R.

Industries

University of Washington Press

Washington, Idaho, and Oregon were generally in the mainstream of the parks movement, but each of their histories is unique. Taken together, they help define the nature and limitations of regionalism in the Northwest and provide a window on political and social developments of this century. Cloth edition (not seen), $35. Annotation copyright Book News, Inc. Portland, Or.

The Park Builders: A History of State Parks in the Pacific Northwest

History

Americas

Univ of Washington Pr

Among the greatest attractions of the Pacific Northwest are its state parks, campgrounds, and tree-lined highways. This book profiles the men who provided the parks, and the times that shaped them. More than a study of state parks, this book is a study of the evolution of recreation, conservation, and government in the 20th century.

Examinations of interaction between american culture, economy, and forestry interact. A fine hardcover copy with decorative blue boards and bright gilt lettering to the spine. Decorative foxing to the top page edges. Tight binding. Clean, unmarked pages. Very good jacket in removable mylar; light scraping and spine fading. NOT ex-library. Indexed with bibliography. 323pgs. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilogram. Category: Economics; ISBN: 080321426X. ISBN/EAN: 9780803214262. Inventory No: 015918.

This Well-Wooded Land: Americans and Their Forests from Colonial Times to the Present

Maxwell, Robert S.

Economics

Univ of Nebraska Pr

With The Lumberman's Frontier, Thomas Cox has reconstructed a groundbreaking history that stands apart from all previous studies of American forests. Forests were ubiquitous in early America, but it was only in selected areas that trees, rather than farming, attracted settlement. These areas constitute the lumberman's frontier, which appeared first in northern New England in the seventeenth century, followed by upstate New York, the Allegheny Plateau, the upper Great Lakes states, the Gulf South, and the Far West. The forest frontiers generated capital and building materials important in the nation's development, but they also left a legacy of environmental problems, class and urban-rural divisions, and economic frictions. The 1930s marked the end of the lumberman's frontier, but these consequences continue to shape attitudes and policies toward forests, most notably the questions "Whose forests are they?" and "How and by whom should forests be used?" Drawing upon recent work in social and economic history, as well as a wealth of historical data on forest industries and individuals, The Lumberman's Frontier neither glorifies economic development nor falls into the maw of gloom-and-doom. It puts individual actors at center stage, allowing the points of view of the workers and lumbermen to emerge. The Lumberman's Frontier will appeal to students and scholars of forestry, public policy, and environmental history, as well as to general readers interested in the history and settlement of the United States.

The Lumberman's Frontier: Three Centuries of Land Use, Society, and Change in America's Forests

Oregon State University Press

Product Description \nThe Other Oregon: People, Environment, and History East of the Cascades is a multidisciplinary work that ranges widely through a diverse and often under-appreciated land, drawing on the fields of environmental history, cultural and physical geography, and natural resource management to tell a comprehensive and compelling story.\nWith a staggering variety of landscapes, from high desert to alpine peaks, Oregon east of the Cascades encompasses seventeen counties and two time zones. Although this vast region defies generalization, its history is distinct from the rest of Oregon. The interrelationship between its people and the land has always been central, but that relationship has evolved and changed over time. Regional economies that were once largely exploitive and dedicated to commodity exports have slowly moved toward the husbanding of resources and to broader and deeper appreciations.\nHistorian Thomas Cox reveals the complexity of interactions between the people of Eastern Oregon, the land, natural resources, and one another, demonstrating how the region’s history speaks to larger American issues. The 2016 occupation of the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge, covered in detail within these pages, further reveals the relevance of Eastern Oregon to the larger world.\nWritten in clear and engaging prose and informed by extensive research, 
The Other Oregon will be a valuable resource for anyone interested in the environment, social change, and the relationships among the diverse people who make up Oregon society east of the Cascades. It will appeal to area residents and visitors, students of the American West, environmental historians, biologists, land managers, and anyone with an abiding interest in the region.\nAbout the Author \nThomas R. Cox grew up in Eastern Oregon where he fought forest fires, served as a sawmill worker, and coached high school football. He earned his bachelor’s degree from Oregon State University and his PhD in history from the University of Oregon. He spent most of his academic career at San Diego State University. Cox has published widely in the fields of environmental, social, and economic history. He was a pioneer member of the American Society of Environmental History, a past-president of the Forest History Society, and a Fulbright Professor in Japan. He lives outside of McCammon, Idaho.

The Other Oregon: People, Environment, and History East of the Cascades

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Mills and Markets: A History of the Pacific Coast Lumber Industry to 1900 (Emil and Kathleen Sick Book Series in Western History and Biography)

The Park Builders: A History of State Parks in the Pacific Northwest

The Park Builders: A History of State Parks in the Pacific Northwest

This Well-Wooded Land: Americans and Their Forests from Colonial Times to the Present

The Lumberman's Frontier: Three Centuries of Land Use, Society, and Change in America's Forests

The Other Oregon: People, Environment, and History East of the Cascades