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

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Rajala, Richard, 1953-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Forest management--British Columbia--History.

Forest management.

Forest management--Northwest, Pacific--History.

Clearcutting--British Columbia--History.

Clearcutting.

Clearcutting--Northwest, Pacific--History.

Forest policy--British Columbia--History.

Forest policy.

Forest policy--Northwest, Pacific--History.

Logging--Technological innovations--British Columbia--History.

Logging.

Logging--Technological innovations--Northwest, Pacific--History.

Forests and forestry--British Columbia--History.

Forests and forestry.

Forests and forestry--Northwest, Pacific--History.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xxiii, 286 pages) : illustrations

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Vancouver : UBC Press, 1998.

Language Note:

English

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

Contents:

Front Matter

Contents

Illustrations

Acknowledgments

Abbreviations

Introduction

Machines, Managers, and Work

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

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

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references (p. 261-273) and index.

ISBN:

1-283-13212-5

9786613132123

0-7748-5633-5

OCLC:

236350666