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Empire of Timber: Labor Unions and the Pacific Northwest Forests 

by Erik Loomis

The battles to protect ancient forests and spotted owls in the Northwest splashed across the evening news in the 1980s and early 1990s. Empire of Timber re-examines this history to demonstrate that workers used their unions to fight for a healthy workplace environment and sustainable logging practices that would allow themselves and future generations the ch

Publisher

Cambridge University Press

Publication date

2017

Format

Print edition

Pages

262

ISBN

9781107565036