William G Robbins

Landscapes of Conflict

The Oregon Story, 1940-2000

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

In his second volume of Oregon's environmental history, William Robbins addresses efforts by individuals and groups within and outside the state to resolve inevitable conflicts between those most concerned for growth and perceived economic stability and those most concerned to preserve the quality of the state's natural resources and the environment in which its citizens live.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: University of Washington Press
• Seitenzahl: 416
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Oktober 2004
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 236mm x 161mm x 34mm
• Gewicht: 767g
• ISBN-13: 9780295984421
• ISBN-10: 0295984422
• Artikelnr.: 13673400

Autorenporträt

William G. Robbins. Foreword by William Cronon

Inhaltsangabe

Foreword: Still Searching for Eden at the End of the Oregon Trail by
William Cronon
Preface
Prologue: A Time to Remember
I. Postwar Promise
1. The Great Hope for the New Order
2. Into the Brave New World
II. Making Agriculture Modern
3. Bringing Perfection to the Fields
4. The Wonder World of Pesticides
III. Industrial Forestry Management
5. Planning and Technical Efficiency in the Forests
6. Intensive Forestry and Citizen Activism
IV. Of Rivers and Land
7. Richard Neuberger's Conservation Politics
8. Tom McCall and the Struggle for the Willamette
9. Ecologies of Sprawl: The Land-Use Nexus
Epilogue: The Special Place
Notes
Bibliography
Index