Richard P. Tucker
- Published in print:
- 2000
- Published Online:
- March 2012
- ISBN:
- 9780520220874
- eISBN:
- 9780520923812
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- University of California Press
- DOI:
- 10.1525/california/9780520220874.003.0008
- Subject:
- History, American History: 20th Century
This chapter discusses the timber industry and the various timber resources. It starts with the exploitation of tropical timber during the twentieth century, which was mainly due to the expansion of ...
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This chapter discusses the timber industry and the various timber resources. It starts with the exploitation of tropical timber during the twentieth century, which was mainly due to the expansion of agriculture in all of its forms. It then looks at the exploitation of two major forest types, the lowland moist forest and the higher, drier pine forest. It identifies the origins of the forestry profession in Latin America and the start of the interests of American foresters in the area. The American colonial forestry and timber harvests in the Philippines, along with the timber economy of Southeast Asia before the American occupation, are discussed. It then introduces the loggers and the Bureau of Forestry that was stationed in Manila, in the Philippines, and studies the transition of the control of forest policy and management over to the Filipinos by the 1930s. It notes the deforestation of the Philippines, which occurred after 1945, and the close ties the Americans maintained with the Filipinos as consultants. It then shifts to the economy of timber in Latin America after 1945, the growth of softwood markets, the role of foresters as development planners, and the efforts to sustain the biodiverse rainforests.Less
This chapter discusses the timber industry and the various timber resources. It starts with the exploitation of tropical timber during the twentieth century, which was mainly due to the expansion of agriculture in all of its forms. It then looks at the exploitation of two major forest types, the lowland moist forest and the higher, drier pine forest. It identifies the origins of the forestry profession in Latin America and the start of the interests of American foresters in the area. The American colonial forestry and timber harvests in the Philippines, along with the timber economy of Southeast Asia before the American occupation, are discussed. It then introduces the loggers and the Bureau of Forestry that was stationed in Manila, in the Philippines, and studies the transition of the control of forest policy and management over to the Filipinos by the 1930s. It notes the deforestation of the Philippines, which occurred after 1945, and the close ties the Americans maintained with the Filipinos as consultants. It then shifts to the economy of timber in Latin America after 1945, the growth of softwood markets, the role of foresters as development planners, and the efforts to sustain the biodiverse rainforests.
Robert M. Sandow
- Published in print:
- 2009
- Published Online:
- September 2011
- ISBN:
- 9780823230518
- eISBN:
- 9780823240845
- Item type:
- book
- Publisher:
- Fordham University Press
- DOI:
- 10.5422/fordham/9780823230518.001.0001
- Subject:
- History, American History: 19th Century
During the Civil War, there were throughout the Union explosions of resistance to the war–from the deadly Draft Riots in New York City to other, less well-known outbreaks. In this book, the author ...
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During the Civil War, there were throughout the Union explosions of resistance to the war–from the deadly Draft Riots in New York City to other, less well-known outbreaks. In this book, the author explores one of these least known inner civil wars, the widespread, sometimes violent opposition in the Appalachian lumber country of Pennsylvania. Sparsely settled, these mountains were home to divided communities that provided a safe-haven for opponents of the war. The dissent of mountain folk reflected their own marginality in the face of rapidly increasing exploitation of timber resources by big firms, as well as partisan debates over loyalty. One of the few studies of the northern Appalachians, this book draws revealing parallels to the War in the southern mountains, exploring the roots of rural protest in frontier development, the market economy, military policy, partisan debate, and everyday resistance. The author also sheds new light on the party politics of rural resistance, rejecting easy depictions of war-opponents as traitors and malcontents for a more nuanced and complicated study of the class, economic upheaval, and localism.Less
During the Civil War, there were throughout the Union explosions of resistance to the war–from the deadly Draft Riots in New York City to other, less well-known outbreaks. In this book, the author explores one of these least known inner civil wars, the widespread, sometimes violent opposition in the Appalachian lumber country of Pennsylvania. Sparsely settled, these mountains were home to divided communities that provided a safe-haven for opponents of the war. The dissent of mountain folk reflected their own marginality in the face of rapidly increasing exploitation of timber resources by big firms, as well as partisan debates over loyalty. One of the few studies of the northern Appalachians, this book draws revealing parallels to the War in the southern mountains, exploring the roots of rural protest in frontier development, the market economy, military policy, partisan debate, and everyday resistance. The author also sheds new light on the party politics of rural resistance, rejecting easy depictions of war-opponents as traitors and malcontents for a more nuanced and complicated study of the class, economic upheaval, and localism.
