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Cutover Capitalism : The Industrialization of the Northern Forest / Jason L. Newton.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Newton, Jason L., 1986- author.
- Series:
- Histories of Capitalism and the Environment Series
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Capitalism.
- Genre:
- Electronic books.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (291 pages)
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Place of Publication:
- Morgantown, West Virginia : West Virginia University Press, [2024]
- Summary:
- "An authentic history of the American lumberjack that is more complex and darker than other popular portrayals"-- Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- Part 1. The working forest
- The work of trees
- Common labor, common lands
- A chance
- Interlude: organic networks
- Part 2. The rise of industrial capitalism
- The winter workscape: industrializing with ice
- The body as cheap nature
- The lumberjack problem
- Half-wild folk
- Epilogue land, labor, and local history.
- Notes:
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- Description based on print version record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9781959000303
- 1959000306
- OCLC:
- 1455294406
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