{"product_id":"the-lumbermans-frontier-three-centuries-of-land-use-society-and-change-in-americas-forests","title":"The Lumberman's Frontier: Three Centuries of Land Use  Society  and Change in America's Forests","description":"\u003cp\u003eWith The Lumbermans Frontier  Thomas Cox has reconstructed a groundbreaking history that stands apart from all previous studies of American forests. Forests were ubiquitous in early America  but it was only in selected areas that trees  rather than farming  attracted settlement. These areas constitute the lumbermans frontier  which appeared first in northern New England in the seventeenth century  followed by upstate New York  the Allegheny Plateau  the upper Great Lakes states  the Gulf South  and the Far West. The forest frontiers generated capital and building materials important in the nations development  but they also left a legacy of environmental problems  class and urban-rural divisions  and economic frictions. The 1930s marked the end of the lumbermans frontier  but these consequences continue to shape attitudes and policies toward forests  most notably the questions \"Whose forests are they?\" and \"How and by whom should forests be used?\" Drawing upon recent work in social and economic history  as well as a wealth of historical data on forest industries and individuals  The Lumbermans Frontier neither glorifies economic development nor falls into the maw of gloom-and-doom. It puts individual actors at center stage  allowing the points of view of the workers and lumbermen to emerge. The Lumbermans Frontier will appeal to students and scholars of forestry  public policy  and environmental history  as well as to general readers interested in the history and settlement of the United States.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44946728615989,"sku":"ByrdShop_0870715798","price":55.38,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9780870715792.jpg?v=1769963642","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/the-lumbermans-frontier-three-centuries-of-land-use-society-and-change-in-americas-forests","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}