Contents

Chapters in this book

1. Front Matter i
2. Contents vii
3. Illustrations ix
4. Acknowledgments xi
5. Abbreviations xiii
6. Introduction xvii
7. Machines, Managers, and Work
8. Introduction 3
9. The Forest as Factory: Technological Change in West Coast Logging, 1880–1965 7
10. Managing the Factory Regime: The Emergence of Logging Engineering and Industrial Forestry, 1880–1965 51
11. Clearcutting, Conservation, and the State
12. Introduction 83
13. Clearcutting, Forest Science, and Regulation, 1880–1930 88
14. Depression-Era Forestry in the Pacific Northwest: Selective Logging, a New Regulation Debate, and the State Option 123
15. Forest Practice Regulation and the British Columbia State in the 1930s: A Missed Opportunity for Reform 154
16. State and Provincial Regulation: Industry Control and the Denial of Silviculture, 1940–65 167
17. Conclusion 217
18. Notes 225
19. Bibliography 261
20. Index 275