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UNINA9910815413703321 |
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Autore |
Prudham W. Scott |
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Titolo |
Knock on wood : nature as commodity in Douglas-fir country / / W. Scott Prudham |
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New York : , : Routledge, , 2005 |
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ISBN |
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1-136-07234-9 |
1-283-84246-7 |
1-136-07226-8 |
0-203-44616-X |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (273 p.) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Lumber trade - Environmental aspects - Northwest, Pacific |
Environmental policy - Northwest, Pacific |
Forests and forestry - Economic aspects - Northwest, Pacific |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 237-253) and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Cover; Title; Copyright Page; Contents; Acknowledgments; 1 The Political Economy of an Ecological Crisis; 2 Working the Land: Production Relations in Logging and Reforestation; 3 Industrial Ecologies and Regional Geographies; 4 Geographies of Scale and Scope in Lumbering; 5 Toward Organic Machines: The Historical Political Economy of Douglas-Fir Tree Improvement; 6 Timber and Town: The Rise and Fall of Sustained-Yield Regulation in Oregon's Illinois Valley; Epilogue: Owls, Ecosystems, and the New Forestry; Notes; Bibliography; Index |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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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. |
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