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17 produkter
Oregon
This Storied Land
Häftad, 2020
311 kr
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Oregon’s landscape boasts brilliant waterfalls, towering volcanoes, productive river valleys, and far-reaching high deserts. People have lived in the region for at least twelve thousand years, during which they established communities; named places; harvested fish, timber, and agricultural …
Oregon
This Storied Land
Inbunden, 2020
1914 kr
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Oregon’s landscape boasts brilliant waterfalls, towering volcanoes, productive river valleys, and far-reaching high deserts. People have lived in the region for at least twelve thousand years, during which they established communities; named places; harvested fish, timber, and agricultural …
Land in the American West
Private Claims and the Common Good
Av James C. Foster, William G. Robbins
E-bok, 2011
535 kr
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Throughout the history of the United States, the concepts of “land” and “the West” have fired the American imagination and fueled controversy. The essays in Land in the American West deal with complex, troublesome, and interrelated questions regarding land: Who owns it? Who has access to it? What …
Hard Times in Paradise
Coos Bay, Oregon
E-bok, 2011
446 kr
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Blessed with vast expanses of virgin timber, a good harbor, and a San Francisco market for its lumber, the Coos Bay area once dubbed itself "a poor man''s paradise." A new Prologue and Epilogue by the author bring this story of gyppo loggers, longshoremen, millwrights, and whistle punks into the …
Landscapes of Promise
The Oregon Story, 1800-1940
Häftad, 1999
470 kr
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Landscapes of Promise is the first comprehensive environmental history of the early years of a state that has long been associated with environmental protection. Covering the period from early human habitation to the end of World War II, William Robbins shows that the reality of Oregon's …
Land in the American West
Private Claims and the Common Good
Av William G. Robbins, James C. Foster
Häftad, 2000
495 kr
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Throughout the history of the United States, the concepts of “land” and “the West” have fired the American imagination and fueled controversy. The essays in Land in the American West deal with complex, troublesome, and interrelated questions regarding land: Who owns it? Who has access to it? What …
Landscapes of Conflict
The Oregon Story, 1940-2000
Inbunden, 2004
983 kr
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Post-World War II Oregon was a place of optimism and growth, a spectacular natural region from ocean to high desert that seemingly provided opportunity in abundance. With the passing of time, however, Oregon’s citizens — rural and urban — would find themselves entangled in issues that they had …
Hard Times in Paradise
Coos Bay, Oregon
Häftad, 2006
393 kr
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Blessed with vast expanses of virgin timber, a good harbor, and a San Francisco market for its lumber, the Coos Bay area once dubbed itself "a poor man's paradise." A new Prologue and Epilogue by the author bring this story of gyppo loggers, longshoremen, millwrights, and whistle punks into the …
Landscapes of Promise
The Oregon Story, 1800-1940
E-bok, 2009
535 kr
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Landscapes of Promise is the first comprehensive environmental history of the early years of a state that has long been associated with environmental protection. Covering the period from early human habitation to the end of World War II, William Robbins shows that the reality of Oregon''s …
Landscapes of Conflict
The Oregon Story, 1940-2000
E-bok, 2009
535 kr
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Post-World War II Oregon was a place of optimism and growth, a spectacular natural region from ocean to high desert that seemingly provided opportunity in abundance. With the passing of time, however, Oregon’s citizens — rural and urban — would find themselves entangled in issues that they had …
Landscapes of Conflict
The Oregon Story, 1940-2000
Häftad, 2010
510 kr
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Post-World War II Oregon was a place of optimism and growth, a spectacular natural region from ocean to high desert that seemingly provided opportunity in abundance. With the passing of time, however, Oregon’s citizens — rural and urban — would find themselves entangled in issues that they had …
Colony and Empire
Capitalist Transformation of the American West
Häftad, 1994
340 kr
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This work surveys the way that capitalist ideology and institutions have transformed the West. It focuses on how a region of traders and hunters became an area driven by industrialism.
Man for All Seasons
Monroe Sweetland and the Liberal Paradox
Häftad, 2015
321 kr
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The life of prominent Oregon political leader Monroe Sweetland spans the spectrum of 20th-century America. Through seven decades, Sweetland experienced the economic collapse of the Great Depression, the unparalleled violence of a nation at war, the divisiveness of Cold War politics, and the …
Lumberjacks and Legislators
Political Economy of the U.S. Lumber Industry, 1890-1941
Häftad, 2000
253 kr
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Landscapes of Promise
The Oregon Story, 1800-1940
Inbunden, 2015
1544 kr
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Landscapes of Promise is the first comprehensive environmental history of the early years of a state that has long been associated with environmental protection. Covering the period from early human habitation to the end of World War II, William Robbins shows that the reality of Oregon's …
Celebration of Work
Av Norman Best, William G. Robbins
Häftad, 1996
140 kr
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"Nothing is better for a person than to have an opportunity to do meaningful work," says Norman Best in this memoir detailing his forty-eight years as a blue-collar worker. During those years, he built and maintained highways and bridges in Idaho, Washington, Oregon, and Montana, and served stints …
