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

Published Vancouver [B.C.] : UBC Press, ©1998

Click on the following:
ProQuest Ebook Central

Copies

Description 1 online resource (xxiii, 286 pages) : illustrations Contents Contents -- Illustrations -- Acknowledgments -- Abbreviations -- Introduction -- Part 1: Machines, Managers, and Work -- Introduction -- 1 The Forest as Factory: Technological Change in West Coast Logging, 1880-1965 -- 2 Managing the Factory Regime: The Emergence of Logging Engineering and Industrial Forestry, 1880-1965 -- Part 2: Clearcutting, Conservation, and the State -- Introduction -- 3 Clearcutting, Forest Science, and Regulation, 1880-1930 -- 4 Depression-Era Forestry in the Pacific Northwest: Selective Logging, a New Regulation Debate, and the State Option 5 Forest Practice Regulation and the British Columbia State in the 1930s: A Missed Opportunity for Reform6 State and Provincial Regulation: Industry Control and the Denial of Silviculture, 1940-65 -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y -- Z Summary "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 Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes English Print version record Subject Forest management -- British Columbia -- History Clearcutting -- British Columbia -- History Forest policy -- British Columbia -- History Forests and forestry -- British Columbia -- History Logging -- Technological innovations -- British Columbia -- History BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Industries -- Agribusiness. TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING -- Agriculture -- Sustainable Agriculture. Clearcutting Forest management Forest policy Forests and forestry Logging -- Technological innovations British Columbia Genre/Form Electronic books History Form Electronic book ISBN 9780774856331 0774856335 1283132125 9781283132121 9786613132123 6613132128

  Permalink