Author: Oregon Historical SocietyPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Northwest, Pacific
Languages : en
Pages : 480
Book Description
Oregon Historical Quarterly
Author: Oregon Historical SocietyPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Northwest, Pacific
Languages : en
Pages : 480
Book Description
The Quarterly of the Oregon Historical Society
Author: Oregon Historical SocietyPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Local history
Languages : en
Pages : 402
Book Description
Oregon Historical Quarterly
Author: The Oregon Historical Quarterly
Author: Oregon Historical SocietyPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Northwest, Pacific
Languages : en
Pages : 640
Book Description
Here on the Edge
Author: Steve McQuiddyPublisher:
ISBN: 9780870716256
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 326
Book Description
Here on the Edge answers the growing interest in a long-neglected element of World War II history: the role of pacifism in what is often called “The Good War.” Steve McQuiddy shares the fascinating story of one conscientious objector camp located on the rain-soaked Oregon Coast, Civilian Public Service (CPS) Camp #56. As home to the Fine Arts Group at Waldport, the camp became a center of activity where artists and writers from across the country focused their work not so much on the current war, but on what kind of society might be possible when the shooting finally stopped. They worked six days a week—planting trees, crushing rock, building roads, and fighting forest fires—in exchange for only room and board. At night, they published books under the imprint of the Untide Press. They produced plays, art, and music—all during their limited non-work hours, with little money and few resources. This influential group included poet William Everson, later known as Brother Antoninus, “the Beat Friar”; violinist Broadus Erle, founder of the New Music Quartet; fine arts printer Adrian Wilson; Kermit Sheets, co-founder of San Francisco's Interplayers theater group; architect Kemper Nomland, Jr.; and internationally renowned sculptor Clayton James. After the war, camp members went on to participate in the San Francisco Poetry Renaissance of the 1950s, which heavily influenced the Beat Generation of Jack Kerouac, Allen Ginsberg, and Gary Snyder—who in turn inspired Ken Kesey and his Merry Pranksters, leading the way to the 1960s upheavals epitomized by San Francisco's Summer of Love. As camp members engaged in creative acts, they were plowing ground for the next generation, when a new set of young people, facing a war of their own in Vietnam, would populate the massive peace movements of the 1960s. Twenty years in the making and packed with original research, Here on the Edge is the definitive history of the Fine Arts Group at Waldport, documenting how their actions resonated far beyond the borders of the camp. It will appeal to readers interested in peace studies, World War II history, influences on the 1960s generation, and in the rich social and cultural history of the West Coast.
Quarterly of the Oregon Historical Society
Author: Oregon Historical SocietyPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Oregon
Languages : en
Pages : 492
Book Description
Oregon historical quarterly [1930].
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Author: Oregon Historical SocietyPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 0
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Of Forests and Fields
Author: Mario Jimenez SifuentezPublisher: Rutgers University Press
ISBN: 0813576911
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 291
Book Description
2016 Choice Oustanding Academic Title Just looking at the Pacific Northwest’s many verdant forests and fields, it may be hard to imagine the intense work it took to transform the region into the agricultural powerhouse it is today. Much of this labor was provided by Mexican guest workers, Tejano migrants, and undocumented immigrants, who converged on the region beginning in the mid-1940s. Of Forests and Fields tells the story of these workers, who toiled in the fields, canneries, packing sheds, and forests, turning the Pacific Northwest into one of the most productive agricultural regions in the country. Employing an innovative approach that traces the intersections between Chicana/o labor and environmental history, Mario Sifuentez shows how ethnic Mexican workers responded to white communities that only welcomed them when they were economically useful, then quickly shunned them. He vividly renders the feelings of isolation and desperation that led to the formation of ethnic Mexican labor organizations like the Pineros y Campesinos Unidos Noroeste (PCUN) farm workers union, which fought back against discrimination and exploitation. Of Forests and Fields not only extends the scope of Mexican labor history beyond the Southwest, it offers valuable historical precedents for understanding the struggles of immigrant and migrant laborers in our own era. Sifuentez supplements his extensive archival research with a unique set of first-hand interviews, offering new perspectives on events covered in the printed historical record. A descendent of ethnic Mexican immigrant laborers in Oregon, Sifuentez also poignantly demonstrates the links between the personal and political, as his research leads him to amazing discoveries about his own family history... www.mariosifuentez.com
The Other Oregon
Author: Thomas R. CoxPublisher:
ISBN: 9780870719752
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Explores the social and natural history of eastern Oregon, including central Oregon.
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