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Texas A&M University Press. Used - Good. Former library book; may include library markings. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages.

Texas a & M Univ Pr. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1982. Hardcover. 0890961298 . Book is clean and tight. Looks unread. Has foxing on edges. History of Lumber Industry in early 20th century. ; Environmental History Series, number 5; 9.50 X 6.50 X 1.25 inches; 268 pages .

Texas A & M University 1982 College Station, TX VG+/VG+ 1st hb 268pp Index, Biblio. Stamp top-edge, DJ: spot back.. F. Hardcover.

Texas A & M Univ Pr, 1982-06-01. Hardcover. Used: Good.

Texas A&M University Press, 2000-06-01. Paperback. Used:Good.

TAMU Press, 2000-06-01. Paperback. Good.

Paperback / softback. New. For years the logging industry and the rich timberlands of the East and West coasts have evoked images of Jigger Jones and Paul Bunyan, lusty lumbermen of folk history. Behind these myths, however, lie the realities of ruthless competition, heedless exploitation of forestlands, and massive overproduction that once threatened to destroy the lumber industry. William G. Robbins reveals a sharply revisionist view of the lumber industry in the first half of the twentieth century, a period of drastic growth and change. He offers a unique national perspective on the dominant figures in logging--the large-scale plant, mill, and timberland owners whose decisions were shaped by profit seeking. It is a story of unbalanced production, economic gains and losses, the slow maturation of industrial capitalism, and the alarming toll in social and human costs. Modernizers in the industry developed trade associations as a means of controlling the widespread disorder. But these associations,… Read More

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Texas A&M University Press, 2000-06-01. Paperback. New. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title!

Texas A & M Univ Pr. Hardcover. New. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title!