Strong winds and widow makers : workers, nature, and environmental conflict in Pacific Northwest timber country /

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"Often cast as villains in the Northwest's environmental battles, timber workers in fact have a connection to the forest that goes far beyond jobs and economic issues. Steven C. Beda explores the complex true story of how and why timber- working communities have concerned themselves with t...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Beda, Steven C., 1980- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Urbana : University of Illinois Press, [2023]
Colección:Working class in American history.
Temas:
Lumber trade > Environmental aspects > Northwest, Pacific.
Lumbermen > Northwest, Pacific > Attitudes.
Environmental economics > Northwest, Pacific.
POLITICAL SCIENCE / General
Environmental economics
Lumber trade > Environmental aspects
The environment.
Environment and Ecology.
Pacific Northwest
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction: A place in the forest
  • Part I: Place. "The new empire"
  • "The prodigal yield of the surrounding hills"
  • "A goodly degree of risk"
  • Part II: Power. "Conservation ... from the guys down below"
  • "The many uses and values of forests"
  • Part III: Problems. "Strong winds and widow makers"
  • "Tie a yellow ribbon for the working man"
  • "We keep carbon-eating machines healthy"

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