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Community and the Northwestern logger : continuities and changes in the era of the spotted owl

Author: Matthew S Carroll
Publisher: Boulder : Westview Press, 1995.
Series: Rural studies series of the Rural Sociological Society.
Edition/Format:   Book : EnglishView all editions and formats
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In this book, Matthew Carroll examines the economic and social circumstances of northwestern U.S. loggers in the face of shifts in environmental politics, dramatic reductions in timber harvest levels on federal lands, and changing technology and market forces - among other factors that are rapidly transforming their industry, their livelihoods, and their communities.

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Additional Physical Format: Online version:
Carroll, Matthew S. (Matthew Stephen)
Community and the Northwestern logger.
Boulder : Westview Press, 1995
(OCoLC)654738764
Document Type: Book
All Authors / Contributors: Matthew S Carroll
ISBN: 081338818X 9780813388182
OCLC Number: 31606670
Description: xiv, 177 p. ; 23 cm.
Contents: 1. Community and the Northwestern Logger --
2. Community as an Idea: A Conceptual Issue With Practical Implications --
3. The Historical Context --
4. Overview of the Northwestern Logger's Social World --
5. The Attributes of the Logger's Social World: Identity, Friendship Patterns, and Shared Reality --
6. Finding Work --
7. The Logger and the Spotted Owl --
8. The Future of Northwestern Loggers and Their Communities.
Series Title: Rural studies series of the Rural Sociological Society.
Responsibility: Matthew S. Carroll ; foreword by Don A. Dillman.

Abstract:

In this book, Matthew Carroll examines the economic and social circumstances of northwestern U.S. loggers in the face of shifts in environmental politics, dramatic reductions in timber harvest levels on federal lands, and changing technology and market forces - among other factors that are rapidly transforming their industry, their livelihoods, and their communities.

Drawing upon sociological fieldwork in logging communities that he conducted at various times over a period of nearly a decade and using the spotted owl-old growth controversy as a case study, Carroll provides a rich and detailed picture of life among northwestern loggers. He lays out the human dimensions and dilemmas of the timber crisis. Expanding it from the oversimplified owl-versus-logger confrontation, he puts these issues in a historical and policy context and suggests parallels to other controversies such as public grazing and federal or state river protection. Carroll's work revives the concept of occupational community and shows ways it can be used to understand the dynamics of rural occupations linked to resource extraction.

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