The Slain Wood Papermaking and Its Environmental Consequences in the American South |
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Author:
| Boyd, William |
Series title: | Studies in Industry and Society Ser. |
ISBN: | 978-1-4214-1878-0 |
Publication Date: | Nov 2015 |
Publisher: | Johns Hopkins University Press
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Book Format: | Hardback |
List Price: | USD $57.00 |
Book Description:
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When the paper industry moved into the South in the 1930s, it confronted a region in the midst of an economic and environmental crisis. Entrenched poverty, stunted labor markets, vast stretches of cutover lands, and severe soil erosion prevailed across the southern states. By the middle of the twentieth century, however, pine trees had become the ......
When the paper industry moved into the South in the 1930s, it confronted a region in the midst of an economic and environmental crisis. Entrenched poverty, stunted labor markets, vast stretches of cutover lands, and severe soil erosion prevailed across the southern states. By the middle of the twentieth century, however, pine trees had become the ......