03039nam 2200673Ia 450 991097237510332120251117092552.01-136-07234-91-283-84246-71-136-07226-80-203-44616-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(FINmELB)ELB134143(EXLCZ)99267000000027710420040518d2005 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrKnock on wood nature as commodity in Douglas-Fir country /W. Scott Prudham1st ed.New York Routledge2005New 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, PacificLumber tradeEnvironmental aspectsEnvironmental policyForests and forestryEconomic aspects333.750795Prudham W. Scott1875520MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910972375103321Knock on wood4486635UNINA