Hard Times in Paradise : Coos Bay, Oregon /

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Robbins, William G., 1935-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Seattle : University of Washington Press, 2006.
Edition:Rev. ed.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Lumber trade.
Logging.
Loggers.
HISTORY > United States > State & Local > West (AK, CA, CO, HI, ID, MT, NV, UT, WY)
TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING > Agriculture > Sustainable Agriculture.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Industries > Agribusiness.
Travailleurs forestiers > Oregon > Coos Bay > Histoire.
Forêts > Exploitation > Oregon > Coos Bay > Histoire.
Bois > Commerce > Oregon > Coos Bay > Histoire.
Loggers > Oregon > Coos Bay > History.
Logging > Oregon > Coos Bay > History.
Lumber trade > Oregon > Coos Bay > History.
Oregon > Coos Bay.
Coos Bay (Or.) > History.
History.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Poor man's paradise
  • An empire itself
  • The "big mill" and its world
  • Logging the Coos timber
  • Getting by
  • Surviving the Great Depression
  • The Second World War
  • Lumber capital of the world
  • Timber forever
  • Bosses and workers
  • Hard times and survivors
  • Post mortem : reflections on the present condition.

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