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9780295985480

Hard Times in Paradise

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  • ISBN13:

    9780295985480

  • ISBN10:

    0295985488

  • Edition: Revised
  • Format: Paperback
  • Copyright: 2006-05-30
  • Publisher: Univ of Washington Pr

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Summary

A new Prologue and Epilogue by the author bring this story of gyppo loggers, longshoremen, millwrights, and whistle punks into the twenty-first century, describing Coos Bay' stransition from timber town to a retirement and tourist community, where the site of a former Weyerhaeuser complex is now home to the Coquille Indian Tribe's Mill Casino.

Author Biography

William G. Robbins is Emeritus Distinguished Professor of History at Oregon State University

Table of Contents

Prologue to the Revised Edition ix
Preface to the Original Edition xvii
Introduction 3(9)
Poor Man's Paradise
12(14)
An Empire Itself
26(14)
The ``Big Mill'' and Its World
40(14)
Logging the Coos Timber
54(14)
Getting By
68(12)
Surviving the Great Depression
80(15)
The Second World War
95(12)
Lumber Capital of the World
107(15)
Timber Forever
122(16)
Bosses and Workers
138(15)
Hard Times and Survivors
153(13)
Post Mortem: Reflections on the Present Condition 166(6)
Epilogue to the Revised Edition 172(23)
Notes 195(18)
Index 213

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