Tapping the Pines: The Naval Stores Industry in the American SouthLSU Press, 1 dec 2004 - 352 pagina's The extraction of raw turpentine and tar from the southern longleaf pine -- along with the manufacture of derivative products such as spirits of turpentine and rosin -- constitutes what was once the largest industry in North Carolina and one of the most important in the South: naval stores production. In a pathbreaking study that seamlessly weaves together business, environmental, labor, and social history, Robert B. Outland III offers the first complete account of this sizable though little-understood sector of the southern economy. Outland traces the South's naval stores industry from its colonial origins to the mid-twentieth century, when it was supplanted by the rising chemicals industry. A horror for workers and a scourge to the Southeast's pine forests, the methods and consequences of this expansive enterprise remained virtually unchanged for more than two centuries. |
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LIFE AND LABOR IN THE PINE FORESTS | |
SUICIDAL HARVEST ON THE MOVE | |
INDUSTRY CHALLENGES OLD AND | |
LABOR FORCED AND FREE | |
GOVERNMENT FRIEND AND | |
GOVERNMENT TO THE RESCUE | |
DEMISE OF AN OBSOLETE INDUSTRY | |
The New Old South | |
Bibliography | |
Index | |
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Tapping the Pines: The Naval Stores Industry in the American South Robert B. Outland III Gedeeltelijke weergave - 2004 |
Tapping the Pines: The Naval Stores Industry in the American South Robert B. Outland III Gedeeltelijke weergave - 2004 |
Tapping the Pines: The Naval Stores Industry in the American South Robert B. Outland III Geen voorbeeld beschikbaar - 2004 |