{"product_id":"up-coast","title":"Up-Coast: Forests and Industry on BC's North Coast 1870-2005","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe account begins with the emergence of a small-scale industry tied to the needs of salmon canneries and early settlements, and traces the development of a diverse structure involving sawmills, tie and pole producers, and handloggers struggling to profit from participation in domestic and foreign markets. But from the early 20th century on, government policies favoured the interests of giant pulp-and-paper firms such as Pacific Mills at Ocean Falls. A turn to sustained-yield forestry after World War II promoted further concentration of ownership, a pattern that saw Columbia Cellulose capture the Skeena and Nass watersheds to meet the fibre needs of its troubledPrince Rupert pulp enterprise. At the same time, postwar development drew the region into a role as hinterland log extraction site for southern plants fed by enormous Tree Farm Licenses.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eRelating these themes to a tradition of activism against capitalist inequities, \u003ci\u003eUp Coast \u003c\/i\u003ediscusses First Nations, union and community protests against corporate exploitation of labour and resources. In addressing the modern era of land claims, environmentalism and capital-flight, Rajala turns to the complex and unresolved struggle for a more equitable and sustainable human relationship with British Columbia’s forests.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDr Richard Rajala teaches history at the University of Victoria. His book, \u003ci\u003eClearcutting the Pacific Rain Forest \u003c\/i\u003e(1998), won the Forest History Society’s Charles A. Weyerhauser Award.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Royal Museum Shop","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44858001391830,"sku":"26667","price":29.95,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0678\/4368\/6614\/files\/Up-Coast-rgb-336x5001.jpg?v=1704951775","url":"https:\/\/shop.rbcm.ca\/products\/up-coast","provider":"Royal Museum Shop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}