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Lumberjacks and Legislators - Political Economy of the U.S. Lumber Industry, 1890-1941 (Paperback)
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Lumberjacks and Legislators - Political Economy of the U.S. Lumber Industry, 1890-1941 (Paperback)
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For years the logging industry and the rich timberlands of the East
and West coasts have evoked images of Jigger Jones and Paul Bunyan,
lusty lumbermen of folk history. Behind these myths, however, lie
the realities of ruthless competition, heedless exploitation of
forestlands, and massive overproduction that once threatened to
destroy the lumber industry.
William G. Robbins reveals a sharply revisionist view of the lumber
industry in the first half of the twentieth century, a period of
drastic growth and change. He offers a unique national perspective
on the dominant figures in logging--the large-scale plant, mill,
and timberland owners whose decisions were shaped by profit
seeking. It is a story of unbalanced production, economic gains and
losses, the slow maturation of industrial capitalism, and the
alarming toll in social and human costs. Modernizers in the
industry developed trade associations as a means of controlling the
widespread disorder. But these associations, dependent of voluntary
and cooperative efforts, were relatively ineffective in the early
years of the twentieth century. The fortunes of the lumber industry
continued to fluctuate wildly until the Second World War, when
lumbermen gained much of the legislative support they had sought so
long from the federal government.
This account will especially appeal to students of lumber and
forest history as well as to historians, political scientists, and
economists seeking a new approach to American political economy.
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