Lumberjacks and Legislators: Political Economy of the U.S. Lumber Industry, 1890-1941 (Environmental History Series, number 5)

By William G. Robbins

Book Overview

For years the logging industry and the rich timberlands of the East and West coasts have evoked images of Jigger Jones and Paul Bunyan, lusty lumbermen of folk history. Behind these myths, however, lie the realities of ruthless competition, heedless exploitation of forestlands, and massive overproduction that once threatened to destroy the lumber industry.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0890961298
• ISBN13: 9780890961292
• Release Date: January 1982
• Publisher: Texas A & M Univ Pr
• Length: 268 Pages
• Weight: 5.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.5" x 1.3" x 6.5"