The Slain Wood : Papermaking and Its Environmental Consequences in the American South /

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When the paper industry moved into the South in the 1930s, it confronted a region in the midst of an economic and environmental crisis. Entrenched poverty, stunted labor markets, vast stretches of cutover lands, and severe soil erosion prevailed across the southern states. By the middle of the twent...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Boyd, William, 1967- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2015.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Wood-pulp.
Southern pines.
Papermaking.
Paper industry > Environmental aspects.
Clearing of land > Environmental aspects.
TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING > Technical & Manufacturing Industries & Trades.
wood pulp.
Pâte à papier.
Pins du Sud.
Defrichement > Aspect de l'environnement > États-Unis (Sud)
Papier > Industrie > Aspect de l'environnement > États-Unis (Sud)
Papeterie > États-Unis (Sud) > Histoire.
Clearing of land > Environmental aspects > Southern States.
Paper industry > Environmental aspects > Southern States.
Papermaking > Southern States > History.
Southern States.
History.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Preface; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Chapter One. Industrializing the Southern Forest; Chapter Two. Logging the Mills; Chapter Three. Making Paper; Chapter Four. Appropriating the Environment; Chapter Five. New South, New Nature; Notes; Essay on Sources; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; Z.

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