Landscapes of promise : the Oregon story, 1800-1940 /

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Landscapes of Promise is the first comprehensive environmental history of the early years of a state that has long been associated with environmental protection. Covering the period from early human habitation to the end of World War II, William Robbins shows that the reality of Oregon's enviro...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Robbins, William G., 1935-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Seattle, Wash. : University of Washington Press, ©1997.
Colección:Weyerhaeuser environmental book.
Temas:
Geschichte 1800-1940
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Real Estate > General.
HISTORY > United States > State & Local > Pacific Northwest (OR, Wash.)
Ecology.
Umwelt
Environnement > Protection > Oregon (Etats-Unis) > Histoire.
Oregon > Environmental conditions > History.
Oregon > Conditions environnementales > Histoire.
Oregon.
Oregon
Oregon (Etats-Unis) > Jusqu'à 1859.
Oregon (Etats-Unis) > 1900-1945.
History.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Prologue: The essence of place
  • The early historic period, 1800-1850. The native ecological context ; The great divide
  • Settler occupation and the advent of industrialism, 1850-1890. Prescripting the landscape ; Technology and abundance ; Into the hinterland
  • Extending the industrial infrastructure, 1890-1940. Nature's industries and the rhetoric of industrialism ; Industrializing the woodlands ; Engineering nature ; Toward systemic change
  • Epilogue: One moment in time.

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