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The lumberman's frontier : three centuries of land use, society, and change in America's forests / Thomas R. Cox.

Lippincott Library HD8039.L92 U537 2010
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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Cox, Thomas R., 1933-
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Lumbermen--United States--History.
Lumbermen.
Lumbering--United States--History.
Lumbering.
Lumbering--Social aspects--United States--History.
Frontier and pioneer life--United States.
Frontier and pioneer life.
Social change.
History.
Social conflict.
Land use.
Logging.
Lumbering--Social aspects.
United States.
Logging--United States--History.
Forests and forestry--United States--History.
Forests and forestry.
Land use--United States--History.
Social conflict--United States--History.
Social change--United States--History.
Physical Description:
xi, 531 pages : illustrations, maps ; 23 cm
Place of Publication:
Corvallis : Oregon State University Press, 2010.
Contents:
Colonists and trees : lumbering before the lumberman's frontier
The lumberman's frontier emerges
The Maine frontier at floodtide
From farmer-loggers to lumbermen in the Mid-Atlantic States
Lumber and labor in the pines : new patterns of conflict
New mills, new markets
The full flowering
Actions and reactions
Southern beginnings
Bonanza years in the Gulf South
To the farthest shore
and beyond
Into the mountains
The final frontier
Epilogue: Whose forests are they?
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:
9780870715792
0870715798
OCLC:
465681303

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