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Oregon
This Storied Land
Oregon’s landscape boasts brilliant waterfalls, towering volcanoes, productive river valleys, and far-reaching high deserts. People have lived in the region for at least twelve thousand years, during which they established communities; named places; harvested fish,...
ISBN: 9780295747248
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Hard Times in Paradise
Coos Bay, Oregon
Blessed with vast expanses of virgin timber, a good harbor, and a San Francisco market for its lumber, the Coos Bay area once dubbed itself "a poor man's paradise." A new Prologue and Epilogue by...
ISBN: 9780295985480
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Landscapes of Promise
The Oregon Story, 1800-1940
Landscapes of Promise is the first comprehensive environmental history of the early years of a state that has long been associated with environmental protection. Covering the period from early human habitation to the end of...
ISBN: 9780295979014
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Landscapes of Conflict
The Oregon Story, 1940-2000
Post-World War II Oregon was a place of optimism and growth, a spectacular natural region from ocean to high desert that seemingly provided opportunity in abundance. With the passing of time, however, Oregon’s citizens —...
ISBN: 9780295990439
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Land in the American West
Private Claims and the Common Good
Throughout the history of the United States, the concepts of “land” and “the West” have fired the American imagination and fueled controversy. The essays in Land in the American West deal with complex, troublesome, and...
ISBN: 9780295980201
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