Culture and Environment
in the Pacific West
Printable full OSU Press catalogA series of books that probe the relationships between cultural and environmental subjects west of the Rockies
Series Editor: William L. Lang
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Empty Nets: Indians, Dams, and the Columbia Second Edition By Roberta Ulrich, 2007. ISBN 978-0-87071-188-6. Paperback, $19.95. Empty Nets is a disturbing history of broken promises and justice delayed. It chronicles the Columbia River Indians' fight to maintain their livelihood and culture in the face of an indifferent federal bureaucracy and hostile state governments. |
| Frigid Embrace: Politics, Economics, and Environment in Alaska By Stephen Haycox, 2002. ISBN 0-87071-536-4. Paperback, $21.95. Frigid Embrace examines how the drive for natural resouce extraction has shaped Alaskans' understanding of nature and of Native peoples. It presents for a wide audience an illuminating portrait of modern colonialism |
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The Great Northwest: The Search for Regional Identity Edited by William G. Robbins, 2001. ISBN 0-87071-492-9. Paperback, $21.95. In The Great Northwest, historian William G. Robbins gathers writings that explore the idea and reality of the Pacific Northwest from a surprising variety of viewpoints. Descriptions of and stories about such distinct places as Celilo Falls on the columbia River, Alaska, interior British Columbia, and the reforested Tillamook Burn in Oregon show why the search for regional identity is a complex but ultimately rewarding endeavor. |
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Planning a New West: The Columbia River Gorge National Scenic Area By Carl Abbott, Sy Adler, and Margery Post Abbott, 1997. ISBN 0-87071-392-2. Hardcover, $29.95. The inaugural volume in the "Culture and Environment in the Pacific West" series. |
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The Tillamook: A Created Forest Comes of Age By Gail Wells, 2004. ISBN 0-87071-006-0. Paperback, $19.95. Debates over the fate of ancient forests have been commonplace in the Pacific West for decades. The Tillamook takes up the question of younger forests, exploring the creation of a managed forest and what its story reveals about the historic and future role of second-growth forests. |
