Tapping the Pines : The Naval Stores Industry in the American South /

The extraction of raw turpentine and tar from the southern longleaf pine -- along with the manufacture of derivative products such as spirits of turpentine and rosin -- constitutes what was once the largest industry in North Carolina and one of the most important in the South: naval stores productio...

Descripción completa

Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Outland, Robert B. (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Baton Rouge : Louisiana State University Press, [2004]
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Naval stores industry.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Industries > General.
Produits resiniers > Industrie > États-Unis (Sud) > Personnel.
Produits resiniers > Industrie > États-Unis (Sud) > Histoire.
Naval stores industry > Southern States > Employees.
Naval stores industry > Southern States > History.
Southern States.
History.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Origins of a naval stores economy
  • Turpentine boom
  • Life and labor in the pine forests
  • Suicidal harvest on the move
  • Industry challenges, old and new
  • Labor, forced and free
  • Government, friend and foe
  • Government to the rescue
  • Demise of an obsolete industry.

Ejemplares similares