The Pacific Northwest
by Carlos A. Schwantes
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Carlos Arnaldo Schwantes has revised and expanded the entire work, which is still the most comprehensive and balanced history of the region. This edition contains significant additional material on early mining in the Pacific Northwest, sea routes to Oregon in the early discovery and contact period, the environment of the region, the impact of the Klondike gold rush, and politics since 1945. Recent environmental controversies, such as endangered salmon runs and the spotted owl dispute, have show more been addressed, as has the effect of the Cold War on the region's economy. The author has also expanded discussion of the roles of women and minorities and updated statistical information. show lessTags
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Carlos A. Schwantes is Professor of History at the University of Idaho.
Common Knowledge
- Canonical title
- The Pacific Northwest
- Original publication date
- 1989 (1st edition) (1st edition); 1996 (revised and enlarged edition) (revised and enlarged edition)
- Important places
- Pacific Northwest, USA
- Epigraph
- There was a time not long ago when the Pacific Northwest might have qualified as one of the country's best kept secrets. Life in this far corner of the United States was an unpublished pleasure that residents jealously guarde... (show all)d and people elsewhere usually associated with endless rain. But the weather may be one of the few things that has stayed the same. Change is coming to the coastal states of Washington, Oregon and neighboring Idaho, and it is not entirely welcome. -- William V. Thomas, in American Regionalism: Our Economic, Cultural and Political Makeup (1980)
- Dedication
- Dedicated to ROBERT E. BURKE
- First words
- Preface -- This book presents a short interpretive history of the Pacific Northwest. It seeks main themes, paints with broad strokes, and engages in what one of my colleagues calls responsible reductionism. Capsule biographie... (show all)s of representative figures introduce each of the five parts and are intended to capture a sense of the past.
- Last words
- (Click to show. Warning: May contain spoilers.)A sense of the region's past will help the present generation to understand better the kind of Pacific Northwest that evolved in recent years when the modern metropolis intersected with a hinterland rich in beauty and natural resources.
- Original language
- English
- Disambiguation notice
- 1989 edition: The Pacific Northwest : an interpretive history / Carlos A. Schwantes
Classifications
- Genres
- Nonfiction, History, General Nonfiction, Science & Nature
- DDC/MDS
- 979.5 — History & geography History of North America Great Basin and Pacific Slope region of United States Oregon
- LCC
- F851 .S34 — Local History of the United States, Canada and Latin America United States local history Cascade Range
- BISAC
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- 156
- Popularity
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- Rating
- (3.90)
- Languages
- English
- Media
- Paper, Ebook
- ISBNs
- 7
- ASINs
- 2
