Landscapes of Promise: The Oregon Story, 1800-1940Landscapes 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 environmental history involves far more than a discussion of timber cutting and land-use planning. |
Contents
The Essence of Place | 3 |
The Early Historic Period | 21 |
The Native Ecological Context | 23 |
The Great Divide | 50 |
Settler Occupation and the Advent of Industrialism | 79 |
Prescripting the Landscape | 81 |
Technology and Abundance | 110 |
Into the Hinterland | 142 |
Natures Industries and the Rhetoric of Industrialism | 179 |
Industrializing the Woodlands | 205 |
Engineering Nature | 238 |
Toward Systemic Change | 267 |
One Moment in Time | 296 |
Notes | 311 |
Bibliography | 355 |
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