Agony of an American Wilderness - Loggers, Environmentalists, Struggle for Control of a Forgotten

Informationen zum Autor By Samuel A. MacDonald Klappentext What is a forest? What are forests for? Who should control them? These are familiar questions, but the Allegheny casts them in a new light. The national environmental movement has become less willing to compromise since its victories in the Pacific Northwest, and the Allegheny is its newest proving ground. This book explains what activists are after, how the struggle differs from more familiar environmental battles and what it means for the future of the American landscape. Inhaltsverzeichnis Part 1 Introduction: Welcome to "Pennsyltucky:" A Strange New Front in the Great American Timber War Chapter 2 The Forgotten Forest: The Allegheny Experience, From Old Growth to Brush Heap and Beyond Chapter 3 Meet the Activists: History, Culture and Politics Collide at the Annual Gathering Chapter 4 Mom and Pop Go Bust: The Complex Plight of the Allegheny Sawmill Chapter 5 I Work in the Woods: Fear and Logging on the Allegheny Chapter 6 Restoration, Reality and the Perils of Science: Can the Allegheny Become a Wilderness Again? Chapter 7 Take It to the Streets: Radical Activists Battle Pre-teen Satirists for Control Chapter 8 Third Way or Third Rail?: Zero Cut Meets Resistance From Within Chapter 9 The Anti-Activist: A Right-wing Renaissance Man in the Land of Bulls, Bars and "Dinors" Chapter 10 Legal Eagles, Underdogs and the Fish that (Almost) Ate Pittsburgh: Half Steps and Caveats in Federal Court Chapter 11 Wilderness Revisted: What is Pretty? And Why It Matters. Chapter 12 Old Growth, New Economy and the Tourism Promise: If you build it, who will come? Chapter 13 Epilogue: The Great Green Pendulum Part 14 Index Part 15 About the Author

Product details

• Authors: Samuel a MacDonald, Samuel A. Macdonald, MacDonald Samuel A.
• Publisher: Rowman and Littlefield
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 03.02.2005
• EAN: 9780742541580
• ISBN: 978-0-7425-4158-0
• No. of pages: 200
• Dimensions: 146 mm x 222 mm x 13 mm
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Biology > Ecology; Non-fiction book > Nature, technology > Nature: general, reference works; Social sciences, law, business > Business > Business administration; USA, NATURE / Natural Resources, SCIENCE / Earth Sciences / Geography, NATURE / Ecosystems & Habitats / Forests & Rainforests, Environmental Management, United States of America, USA, Forests, rainforests, Forests and woodland