02945oam 2200637I 450 991046216510332120200520144314.01-283-84246-71-136-07226-80-203-44616-X10.4324/9780203446164 (CKB)2670000000277104(EBL)1075306(OCoLC)821176208(SSID)ssj0000811256(PQKBManifestationID)11438932(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000811256(PQKBWorkID)10847175(PQKB)10958877(MiAaPQ)EBC1075306(Au-PeEL)EBL1075306(CaPaEBR)ebr10628810(CaONFJC)MIL415496(OCoLC)958103088(EXLCZ)99267000000027710420130331d2005 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrKnock on wood nature as commodity in Douglas-fir country /W. Scott PrudhamNew York :Routledge,2005.1 online resource (273 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-415-94402-3 0-415-94401-5 Includes bibliographical references (p. 237-253) and index.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; IndexScott 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.Lumber tradeEnvironmental aspectsNorthwest, PacificEnvironmental policyNorthwest, PacificForests and forestryEconomic aspectsNorthwest, PacificElectronic books.Lumber tradeEnvironmental aspectsEnvironmental policyForests and forestryEconomic aspects333.750795Prudham W. Scott.986610MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910462165103321Knock on wood2254851UNINA