ABSTRACT
Scott Prudham investigates a region that has in recent years seen more environmental conflict than perhaps anywhere else in the country--the old-growth forests of the Pacific Northwest. Prudham employs a political economic approach to explain the social and economic conflicts arising from the timber industry's presence in the region. As well, he provides a thorough accounting of the timber industry itself, tracing its motivations, practices, and labor relations.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
chapter 5|26 pages
Toward Organic Machines
The Historical Political Economy of Douglas-Fir Tree Improvement
chapter 6|32 pages
Timber and Town
The Rise and Fall of Sustained-Yield Regulation in Oregon's Illinois Valley