Clearcutting the Pacific rain forest : production, science, and regulation / / Richard A. Rajala

• Autore: Rajala Richard <1953->
• Pubblicazione: Vancouver : , : UBC Press, , 1998; ©1998
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (xxiii, 286 pages) : illustrations
• Disciplina: 338.1/7498/09711
• Soggetto topico: Forest management - British Columbia - History; Forest management - Northwest, Pacific - History; Clearcutting - British Columbia - History; Clearcutting - Northwest, Pacific - History; Forest policy - British Columbia - History; Forest policy - Northwest, Pacific - History; Logging - Technological innovations - British Columbia - History; Logging - Technological innovations - Northwest, Pacific - History; Forests and forestry - British Columbia - History; Forests and forestry - Northwest, Pacific - History
• Note generali: Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. 261-273) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Front Matter -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Acknowledgments -- Abbreviations -- Introduction -- Machines, Managers, and Work -- Introduction -- The Forest as Factory: Technological Change in West Coast Logging, 1880-1965 -- Managing the Factory Regime: The Emergence of Logging Engineering and Industrial Forestry, 1880-1965 -- Clearcutting, Conservation, and the State -- Introduction -- Clearcutting, Forest Science, and Regulation, 1880-1930 -- Depression-Era Forestry in the Pacific Northwest: Selective Logging, a New Regulation Debate, and the State Option -- Forest Practice Regulation and the British Columbia State in the 1930s: A Missed Opportunity for Reform -- State and Provincial Regulation: Industry Control and the Denial of Silviculture, 1940-65 -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index
• Sommario/riassunto: "In Clearcutting the Pacific Rain Forest, Richard A. Rajala explores the roots of the deforestation crisis in the Douglas fir regions of British Columbia, Washington, and Oregon between 1880 and 1965. Beginning with a labour process analysis of the technological and managerial innovations that introduced a factory regime to coastal logging, the book goes on to study the environmental, scientific, and political history of clearcutting. Rajala documents the growing awareness of the impact of cutting practices on forest renewal and the development of silvicultural regulations in the American and Canadian contexts. Rajala's analysis of the relationship between governments and corporations in policy making suggests that regulatory initiatives served corporate rather than social or ecological ends." "By integrating class, environmental, and political issues, Rajala provides a unique perspective on the controversy surrounding clearcutting and other forest practices. Clearcutting the Pacific Rain Forest will be of exceptional worth to anyone interested in the social and ecological impact of technology and corporate structure, the development of forestry policy, and the plight of timber-dependent communities in the Pacific Northwest."--Jacket
• Titolo autorizzato: Clearcutting the Pacific rain forest
• ISBN: 1-283-13212-5; 9786613132123; 0-7748-5633-5
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910822495503321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II