Title

Tongass : pulp politics and the fight for the Alaska rain forest / by Kathie Durbin.

Author

Durbin, Kathie.

Publication

Corvallis : Oregon State University Press, 1999.

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Details

Description

328 pages : illustrations, map; 23 cm

Subjects

• Logging > Environmental aspects > Alaska > Tongass National Forest
• Wood-pulp industry > Environmental aspects > Alaska > Tongass National Forest
• Rain forest conservation > Alaska > Tongass National Forest
• Tongass National Forest (Alaska) > Management

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. 320-322) and index.

Contents

Pt. I. To 1980. 1. The Contracts. 2. The Conservationists. 3. Angoon. 4. The Big Squeeze. 5. Opening Up the Country. 6. The Backroom Deal -- Pt. II. 1980-1990. 7. Picking Up the Pieces. 8. Coverup. 9. Timber Mining. 10. Union Busting. 11. Confronting the Beast. 12. Smoked Salmon and Alaskan Beer. 13. First Victory -- Pt. III. After 1990. 14. Science Unmuzzled. 15. Toxic Behavior. 16. Default. 17. Whistleblowers. 18. Last Assault. 19. Endgame. 20. Hoonah.

ISBN

087071466X (alk. paper)

LCCN

99040408

OCLC

ocm41967141

Owning Institutions

Columbia University Libraries