Hard times in paradise [electronic resource] : Coos Bay, Oregon / William G. Robbins.
Material type: TextPublication details: Seattle : University of Washington Press, c2006Edition: Rev. edDescription: xix, 227 p., [16] p. of plates : ill., mapISBN: 9780295803319 (electronic bk.)Subject(s): Lumber trade -- Oregon -- Coos Bay -- History | Logging -- Oregon -- Coos Bay -- History | Loggers -- Oregon -- Coos Bay -- History | Coos Bay (Or.) -- HistoryGenre/Form: Electronic books.DDC classification: 338.1/74980979523 LOC classification: HD9758.C6 | R63 2006Online resources: Click to ViewIncludes bibliographical references (p. 195-211) and index.
Poor man's paradise -- An empire itself -- The "big mill" and its world -- Logging the Coos timber -- Getting by -- Surviving the Great Depression -- The Second World War -- Lumber capital of the world -- Timber forever -- Bosses and workers -- Hard times and survivors -- Post mortem : reflections on the present condition.
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