Blue Ridge commons : environmental activism and forest history in western North Carolina / Kathryn Newfont.

Author/creator Newfont, Kathryn
Format Book
Publication InfoAthens : University of Georgia Press, ©2012.
Descriptionxix, 369 pages, 18 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm.
Subjects
Forest conservation--North Carolina.
Forest conservation--Blue Ridge Mountains Region.
Natural resources, Communal--North Carolina.
Natural resources, Communal--Blue Ridge Mountains Region.
Environmentalism--North Carolina.
Environmentalism--Blue Ridge Mountains Region.
North Carolina--Environmental conditions.
Blue Ridge Mountains Region--Environmental conditions.
North Carolina--Politics and government.
Blue Ridge Mountains Region--Politics and government.

SeriesEnvironmental history and the American South
Environmental history and the American South. ^A797709
Contents Foreword / Paul S. Sutter -- "The custom of our country": the Appalachian forest commons -- Response to devastation: organizing forests in the southern Appalachians -- Plenty of trouble: creating federal forests in the Blue Ridge -- De jure commons: national forests and Blue Ridge neighbors -- Contested forests: commons, clearcutting, and wilderness -- Wilderness as commons enclosure: rare II opposition -- Wilderness as commons defense: the southern Nantahala -- Mobilizing commons defense: "oil fever" threatens the forests -- Clearcutting returns: timber enclosure threatens the forests -- Commons environmentalism mobilized: Western North Carolina Alliance's Cut the clearcutting! campaign -- Conclusion: An American commons in the Blue Ridge -- Afterword: A call to commons.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
LCCN 2011027439
ISBN9780820341248 (cloth : alk. paper)
ISBN082034124X (cloth : alk. paper)
ISBN9780820341255 (pbk. : alk. paper)
ISBN0820341258 (pbk. : alk. paper)

Availability

Library Location Call Number Status Item Actions
Joyner NC Stacks SD413.N65 N49 2012 ✔ Available Place Hold