Book ID: CBB916037205

Empire of Timber: Labor Unions and the Pacific Northwest Forests (2015)

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Loomis, Erik (Author)


Cambridge University Press


Publication Date: 2015
Physical Details: 247
Language: English

The battles to protect ancient forests and spotted owls in the Northwest splashed across the evening news in the 1980s and early 1990s. Empire of Timber re-examines this history to demonstrate that workers used their unions to fight for a healthy workplace environment and sustainable logging practices that would allow themselves and future generations the chance to both work and play in the forests. Examining labor organizations from the Industrial Workers of the World in the 1910s to unions in the 1980s, Empire of Timber shows that conventional narratives of workers opposing environmental protection are far too simplistic and often ignore the long histories of natural resource industry workers attempting to protect their health and their futures from the impact of industrial logging. Today, when workers fear that environmental restrictions threaten their jobs, learning the history of alliances between unions and environmentalists can build those conversations in the present.

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Review Robert E. Walls (July 2017) Review of "Empire of Timber: Labor Unions and the Pacific Northwest Forests". Environmental History (pp. 549-551). unapi

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Authors & Contributors
Bixler, R. Patrick
Edward F. Heite
Sample, V. Alaric
Freeman, Joshua Benjamin
Melissa Dabakis
Peter J. Brix
Concepts
Forests and forestry
Natural resource management
Environmentalism
Environmental sciences
Labor unions
Political activists and activism
Time Periods
20th century
19th century
21st century
20th century, late
20th century, early
18th century
Places
United States
Pacific Northwest (North America)
Michigan (U.S.)
Indonesia
Washington (state, U.S.)
Oregon (U.S.)
Institutions
United States. National Park Service
United States. Forest Service
United States. Environmental Protection Agency
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS)
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