Author: National Agricultural Library (U.S.)Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Agriculture
Languages : en
Pages : 56
Book Description
Library List
Author: National Agricultural Library (U.S.)Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Agriculture
Languages : en
Pages : 56
Book Description
North Carolina Lands
Author: Kenneth Brownridge PomeroyPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Land
Languages : en
Pages : 408
Book Description
Economics of Forestry
Author: Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Forests and forestry
Languages : en
Pages : 132
Book Description
The Archaeology of the Logging Industry
Author: John G. FranzenPublisher: University Press of Florida
ISBN: 0813057582
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 259
Book Description
The American lumber industry helped fuel westward expansion and industrial development during the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, building logging camps and sawmills—and abandoning them once the trees ran out. In this book, John Franzen surveys archaeological studies of logging sites across the nation, explaining how material evidence found at these locations illustrates key aspects of the American experience during this era. Franzen delves into the technologies used in cutting and processing logs, the environmental impacts of harvesting timber, the daily life of workers and their families, and the social organization of logging communities. He highlights important trends, such as increasing mechanization and standardization, and changes in working and living conditions, especially the food and housing provided by employers. Throughout these studies, which range from Michigan to California, the book provides access to information from unpublished studies not readily available to most researchers. The Archaeology of the Logging Industry also shows that when archaeologists turn their attention to the recent past, the discipline can be relevant to today’s ecological crises. By creating awareness of the environmental deterioration caused by industrial-scale logging during what some are calling the Anthropocene, archaeology supports the hope that with adequate time for recovery and better global-scale stewardship, the human use of forests might become sustainable. A volume in the series the American Experience in Archaeological Perspective, edited by Michael S. Nassaney
Bibliographic Series
Author: Oregon. Library. Forest Research LaboratoryPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Bibliography
Languages : en
Pages : 150
Book Description
Library List
Author: National Agricultural Library (U.S.)Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Agriculture
Languages : en
Pages : 996
Book Description
Bibliographic Series
Author: North American Forest and Conservation History
Author: Ronald J. FahlPublisher: Santa Barbara, Calif. : Published under contract with the Forest History Society [by] A.B.C.--Clio Press
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 420
Book Description
Ronald J. Fahl has compiled a milestone reference work, one that offers historians and other interested scholars for the first time a reliable and comprehensive access to the widely scattered written materials that reveal the history of forestry, forest conservation, and forest industry in the United States and Canada. Sponsored by the Forest History Society and funded in part by a major grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities, this volume covers published scholarly books and writings from many sources containing significant historical matter, including lumber trade journals, professional forestry journals, conservation magazines, government publications, state and local histories, autobiographies, and oral history interviews.
Forestry Theses Accepted by Colleges and Universities in the United States
Author: Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Dissertations, Academic
Languages : en
Pages : 200
Book Description
Nantahala River, The: A History & Guide
Author: Lance HollandPublisher: Arcadia Publishing
ISBN: 1467141534
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 272
Book Description
Most everyone who comes to western North Carolina has heard of the Nantahala, but few know its history. Long before it was a mecca for rafters and thrill seekers, it was traveled by naturalists and explorers from William Bartram to John C. Frémont. After the Cherokees were driven out, settlers arrived and began exporting the wealth of the mountains in the form of timber, talc and minerals. Tourists arrived on the Western Turnpike soon after, and the railroad brought more around 1890. The federal government began purchasing land for the new Nantahala National Forest, and the need for aluminum to fight World War II precipitated the construction of Fontana Lake and Nantahala Lake. Local author Lance Holland has crafted an enlightening and entertaining narrative history of this unique region.