Knock on Wood: Nature as Commodity in Douglas-Fir Country

by W. Scott Prudham

Overview

Scott Prudham investigates a region that has in recent years seen more environmental conflict than perhaps anywhere else in the country--the old-growth forests of the Pacific Northwest. Prudham employs a political economic approach to explain the social and economic conflicts arising from the timber industry's presence in the region. As well, he provides a thorough accounting of the timber industry itself, tracing its motivations, practices, and labor relations.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781136072345
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	11/12/2012
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	272
File size:	2 MB

About the Author

Scott Prudham is an assistant professor in the geography department at the University of Toronto.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments 1 The Political Economy of an Ecological Crisis 2 Working the Land: Production Relations in Logging and Reforestation 3 Industrial Ecologies and Regional Geographies 4 Geographies of Scale and Scope in Lumbering 5 Toward Organic Machines: The Historical Political Economy of Douglas-Fir Tree Improvement 6 Timber and Down: The Rise and Fall of Sustained Yield Regulation in Oregon's Illinois Valley 7 Epilogue: Owls, Ecosystems, and the New Forestry

Editorial Reviews

"This book arrived on my desk two days after the U.S. Senate voted down, yet again, legislation that would have begun the process of finally dealing with climate change, albeit in a tiny, timid way. I wish that every member of that chamber could be forced to read this book—to realize that global warming is not some distant threat, but a very present reality. It is a powerful document of witness." — Bill McKibben, author of The End of Nature

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