Landscapes of Promise - The Oregon Story, 1800-1940

Landscapes of Promise is the first comprehensive environmental history of the early years of a state that has long been associated with environmental protection.

List of contents

Foreword

Acknowledgments

Prologue: The Essence of Place

The Early Historic Period, 1800-1850

-- The Native Ecological Context

-- The Great Divide

Settler Occupation and the Advent of Industrialism, 1850-1890

-- Prescripting the Landscape

-- Technology and Abundance

-- Into the Hinterland

Extending the Industrial Infrastructure, 1890-1940

-- Nature's Industries and the Rhetoric of Industrialism

-- Industrializing the Woodlands

-- Engineering Nature

-- Toward systemic Change

Epilogue: One Moment in TIme

Notes

Bibliography

Index

About the author

Robbins is Emeritus Distinguished Professor of History at Oregon State University. He has published eight books on the Pacific Northwest, including Hard Times In Paradise: Coos Bay, Oregon (Washington), Landscapes of Conflict: The Oregon Story, 1940-2000 (Washington), and Landscapes of Promise: The Oregon Story, 1800-1940 (Washington).

Summary

Presents the environmental history of the early years of Oregon, a state that has been associated with environmental protection. Covering the period from early human habitation to the end of World War II, this book shows that the reality of Oregon's environmental history involves far more than a discussion of timber cutting and land-use planning.

Product details

• Authors: William G Robbins, William G. Robbins
• Publisher: University Of Washington Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.10.1999
• EAN: 9780295979014
• ISBN: 978-0-295-97901-4
• No. of pages: 416
• Dimensions: 156 mm x 237 mm x 27 mm
• Weight: 640 g
• Series: Weyerhaeuser Environmental Boo; Weyerhaeuser Environmental Books; Weyerhaeuser Environmental Boo
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Biology > Agriculture, horticulture; forestry, fishing, food; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous