Joseph E. Taylor

Broschiertes Buch

Persistent Callings: Seasons of Work and Identity on the Oregon Coast

Beschreibung

Using the cultural history of Oregon's Nestucca Valley as a case study, Taylor illustrates the wisdom of seasonal labour, the complex relationships between work and identity, and the resilience of rural economics across a century of almost continual change.

Autor

Joseph E. Taylor III is a professor of history and geography at Simon Fraser University. He earned his degrees at the University of Oregon and University of Washington, and his research investigates the intersection of social and ecological systems in the fisheries, outdoor recreation, gentrification, conservation, and politics of the North American West. He is the author of Making Salmon: An Environmental History of the Northwest Fisheries Crisis, Pilgrims of the Vertical: Yosemite Rock Climbers and Nature at Risk, and Follow the Money: A Spatial History of In-Lieu Programs for Western Federal Lands.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Oregon State University Press
• Seitenzahl: 232
• Erscheinungstermin: 15. Oktober 2019
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 226mm x 150mm x 15mm
• Gewicht: 340g
• ISBN-13: 9780870719837
• ISBN-10: 0870719831
• Artikelnr.: 57468763