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Money Trees : The Douglas Fir and American Forestry, 1900-1944 / Emily K. Brock.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Brock, Emily K., 1973-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Douglas fir--United States--History--20th century.
- Douglas fir.
- Forests and forestry--West (U.S.).
- Forests and forestry.
- Lumber trade--United States.
- Lumber trade.
- Douglas fir--Economic aspects--United States.
- Genre:
- Electronic books.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (273 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Corvallis, Oregon : Oregon State University Press, 2015.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Around the start of the last century, the forests of the Pacific Northwest were viewed as dynamic sites of industrial production, and also as natural landscapes of ecological integrity.These competing visions arose as the nation's professional foresters faced conflicting demands from lumber companies and government regulators.
- Contents:
- Northwest promise : new forests for a new century
- The dynamics of science, rooted in place : field stations and forest
- Ecology
- On the ground : ecological experiments and philosophical refinements
- Forestry, wilderness, and the New Deal
- The money tree : private forests and public relations
- Divergent paths : wild and tame forests in the 1940s
- Axe-in-hand.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references.
- Description based on print version record.
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 0-87071-810-X
- OCLC:
- 914153343
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