The lumberman's frontier
Subtitle: three centuries of land use, society, and change in America's forests
By: Thomas R. Cox.
Publisher: Oregon State University Press
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Corvallis
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780870715792
Subjects: Lumbermen -- United States -- History; Lumbering -- United States -- History; Lumbering -- Social aspects -- United States -- History; Frontier and pioneer life -- United States; Logging -- United States -- History; Forests and forestry -- United States -- History; Land use -- United States -- History; Social conflict -- United States -- History; Social change -- United States -- History
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Colonists and trees : lumbering before the lumbering frontier; title: The lumberman's frontier emerges; title: The Maine frontier at floodtide; title: From farmer-loggers to lumbermen in the Mid-Atlantic States; title: Lumber and labor in the pines : new patterns of conflict; title: New mills, new markets; title: The full flowering; title: Actions and reactions; title: Southern beginnings; title: Bonanza years in the Gulf South; title: To the farthest shore, and beyond; title: Into the Western mountains; title: American lumbering's final frontier; title: Epilogue: Whose forests are they?