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Book Landscapes of Promise

    Book Details:
  • Author : William G. Robbins
  • Publisher : University of Washington Press
  • Release : 2009-11-23
  • ISBN : 0295989696
  • Pages : 427 pages

Download or read book Landscapes of Promise written by William G. Robbins and published by University of Washington Press. This book was released on 2009-11-23 with total page 427 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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 environmental history involves far more than a discussion of timber cutting and land-use planning. Robbins demonstrates that ecological change is not only a creation of modern industrial society. Native Americans altered their environment in a number of ways, including the planned annual burning of grasslands and light-burning of understory forest debris. Early Euro-American settlers who thought they were taming a virgin wilderness were merely imposing a new set of alterations on an already modified landscape. Beginning with the first 18th-century traders on the Pacific Coast, alterations to Oregon's landscape were closely linked to the interests of global market forces. Robbins uses period speeches and publications to document the increasing commodification of the landscape and its products. "Environment melts before the man who is in earnest," wrote one Oregon booster in 1905, reflecting prevailing ways of thinking. In an impressive synthesis of primary sources and historical analysis, Robbins traces the transformation of the Oregon landscape and the evolution of our attitudes toward the natural world.

Book Landscapes of Conflict

    Book Details:
  • Author : William G. Robbins
  • Publisher : University of Washington Press
  • Release : 2009-11-23
  • ISBN : 0295989882
  • Pages : 458 pages

Download or read book Landscapes of Conflict written by William G. Robbins and published by University of Washington Press. This book was released on 2009-11-23 with total page 458 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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 little experience in resolving. The same trees that provided income to timber corporations, small mill owners, loggers, and many small towns in Oregon, also provided a dramatic landscape and a home to creatures at risk. The rivers whose harnessing created power for industries that helped sustain Oregon’s growth — and were dumping grounds for municipal and industrial wastes — also provided passageways to spawning grounds for fish, domestic water sources, and recreational space for everyday Oregonians. The story of Oregon’s accommodation to these divergent interests is a divisive story between those interested in economic growth and perceived stability and citizens concerned with exercising good stewardship towards the state’s natural resources and preserving the state’s livability. In his second volume of Oregon’s environmental history, William Robbins addresses efforts by individuals and groups within and outside the state to resolve these conflicts. Among the people who have had roles in this process, journalists and politicians Richard Neuberger and Tom McCall left substantial legacies and demonstrated the ambiguities inherent in the issues they confronted.

Book Sunset

    Book Details:
  • Author :
  • Publisher :
  • Release : 1915
  • ISBN :
  • Pages : 1100 pages

Download or read book Sunset written by and published by . This book was released on 1915 with total page 1100 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Oregon Blue Book

    Book Details:
  • Author : Oregon. Office of the Secretary of State
  • Publisher :
  • Release : 1895
  • ISBN :
  • Pages : 232 pages

Download or read book Oregon Blue Book written by Oregon. Office of the Secretary of State and published by . This book was released on 1895 with total page 232 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book A Day with the Cow Column in 1843

Download or read book A Day with the Cow Column in 1843 written by Jesse A. Applegate and published by . This book was released on 1952 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Southern Pacific Western Pacific Bulletin

Download or read book Southern Pacific Western Pacific Bulletin written by and published by . This book was released on 1918 with total page 460 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Judicious Advertising and Advertising Experience

Download or read book Judicious Advertising and Advertising Experience written by and published by . This book was released on 1909 with total page 958 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Southern Pacific Bulletin

Download or read book Southern Pacific Bulletin written by and published by . This book was released on 1913 with total page 794 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Shadowlands

    Book Details:
  • Author : Anthony McCann
  • Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
  • Release : 2019-07-02
  • ISBN : 1635571219
  • Pages : 449 pages

Download or read book Shadowlands written by Anthony McCann and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2019-07-02 with total page 449 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Los Angeles Times Bestseller An “epic exploration” of the 2016 right-wing Oregon Occupation-"an excellent microcosm by which we might better understand our difficult national history and distressing political moment” (Maggie Nelson). In 2016, a group of armed, divinely inspired right-wing protestors led by Ammon Bundy occupied the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge in the high desert of eastern Oregon. Encamped in the shadowlands of the republic, insisting that the Federal government had no right to own public land, the occupiers were seen by a divided country as either dangerous extremists dressed up as cowboys, or as heroes insisting on restoring the rule of the Constitution. From the Occupation's beginnings, to the trials of the occupiers in federal court in downtown Portland and their tumultuous aftermaths, Shadowlands is the resonant, multifaceted story of one of the most dramatic flashpoints in the year that gave us Donald Trump. Sharing the expansive stage with the occupiers are a host of others-Native American tribal leaders, public-lands ranchers, militia members, environmentalists, federal defense attorneys, and Black Lives Matter activists-each contending in their different ways with the meaning of the American promise of Liberty. Gathering into its vortex the realities of social media technology, history, religion, race, and the environment-this piercing work by Anthony McCann offers us a combination of beautiful writing and high-stakes analysis of our current cultural and political moment. Shadowlands is a clarifying, exhilarating story of a nation facing an uncertain future and a murky past in a time of great collective reckoning.

Book Sagebrush Collaboration

Download or read book Sagebrush Collaboration written by Peter Abel Walker and published by . This book was released on 2018 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "This account of the armed takeover of Malheur National Wildlife Refuge in Harney County, Oregon, explores the full context of the 2016 public land occupation, including the response of local and federal officials and the grassroots community reactions and resistence"--

Book Oregon s Botanical Landscape

Download or read book Oregon s Botanical Landscape written by Frances P. Stilwell and published by . This book was released on 2014-01-01 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Eighty-two images of native plants painted in their native habitats over a twenty-five year period are arranged by Oregon's eight ecoregions. Short texts accompanying each painting include scientific, artistic, cultural insights. Habitat information and plant distribution maps are included."--Back cover.

Book Agricultural Opportunities

Download or read book Agricultural Opportunities written by United States. Bureau of Immigration and Naturalization and published by . This book was released on 1912 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Chamber of Commerce Bulletin

Download or read book Chamber of Commerce Bulletin written by and published by . This book was released on 1914 with total page 748 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Eminent Oregonians  Three Who Matter

Download or read book Eminent Oregonians Three Who Matter written by Jane Kirkpatrick and published by . This book was released on 2021-10-30 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Renowned author Jane Kirkpatrick gives us the life of the suffragist Abigail Scott Duniway. Oregon columnist and publisher Steve Forrester gives us Richard Neuberger, whose election to the U.S. Senate changed Oregon and national politics. Acclaimed journalist R. Gregory Nokes gives us the abolitionist Jesse Applegate. Based largely on primary sources, the authors present compelling, three-dimensional views of adventurous, consequential and sometimes heart-breaking lives.

Book OREGON

    Book Details:
  • Author : NARAYAN CHANGDER
  • Publisher : CHANGDER OUTLINE
  • Release : 2024-01-02
  • ISBN :
  • Pages : 89 pages

Download or read book OREGON written by NARAYAN CHANGDER and published by CHANGDER OUTLINE. This book was released on 2024-01-02 with total page 89 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: THE OREGON MCQ (MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTIONS) SERVES AS A VALUABLE RESOURCE FOR INDIVIDUALS AIMING TO DEEPEN THEIR UNDERSTANDING OF VARIOUS COMPETITIVE EXAMS, CLASS TESTS, QUIZ COMPETITIONS, AND SIMILAR ASSESSMENTS. WITH ITS EXTENSIVE COLLECTION OF MCQS, THIS BOOK EMPOWERS YOU TO ASSESS YOUR GRASP OF THE SUBJECT MATTER AND YOUR PROFICIENCY LEVEL. BY ENGAGING WITH THESE MULTIPLE-CHOICE QUESTIONS, YOU CAN IMPROVE YOUR KNOWLEDGE OF THE SUBJECT, IDENTIFY AREAS FOR IMPROVEMENT, AND LAY A SOLID FOUNDATION. DIVE INTO THE OREGON MCQ TO EXPAND YOUR OREGON KNOWLEDGE AND EXCEL IN QUIZ COMPETITIONS, ACADEMIC STUDIES, OR PROFESSIONAL ENDEAVORS. THE ANSWERS TO THE QUESTIONS ARE PROVIDED AT THE END OF EACH PAGE, MAKING IT EASY FOR PARTICIPANTS TO VERIFY THEIR ANSWERS AND PREPARE EFFECTIVELY.

Book The Oregon Trail

    Book Details:
  • Author : Rinker Buck
  • Publisher : Simon and Schuster
  • Release : 2015-06-30
  • ISBN : 1451659164
  • Pages : 464 pages

Download or read book The Oregon Trail written by Rinker Buck and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2015-06-30 with total page 464 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A new American journey.

Book Covered Wagon Women  Volume 1

Download or read book Covered Wagon Women Volume 1 written by Kenneth L. Holmes and published by U of Nebraska Press. This book was released on 2020-08-11 with total page 277 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The women who traveled west in covered wagons during the 1840s speak through these letters and diaries. Here are the voices of Tamsen Donner and young Virginia Reed, members of the ill-fated Donner party; Patty Sessions, the Mormon midwife who delivered five babies on the trail between Omaha and Salt Lake City; Rachel Fisher, who buried both her husband and her little girl before reaching Oregon. Still others make themselves heard, starting out from different places and recording details along the way, from the mundane to the soul-shattering and spirit-lifting.