
Haywire
Discord in Maine's Logging Woods and the Unraveling of an Industry
Andrew Egan(Author)
University of Massachusetts Press
Published on 30. June 2022
Book
Hardback
216 pages
978-1-62534-664-3 (ISBN)
Description
Logging in the northern forest has been romanticized, with images of log drives, plaid shirts, and bunkhouses in wide circulation. Increasingly dismissed as a quaint, rural pastime, logging remains one of the most dangerous jobs in the United States, with loggers occupying a precarious position amid unstable markets, expanding global competition, and growing labor discord. Examining a time of transition and decline in Maine's forest economy, Andrew Egan traces pathways for understanding the challenges that have faced Maine's logging community and, by extension, the state's forestry sector, from the postwar period through today.
Seeking greater profits, logging companies turned their crews loose at midcentury, creating a workforce of independent contractors who were forced to purchase expensive equipment and compete for contracts with the mills. Drawing on his own experience with the region's forest products industry, interviews with Maine loggers, media coverage, and court documents, Egan follows the troubled recent history of the industry and its battle for survival.
Seeking greater profits, logging companies turned their crews loose at midcentury, creating a workforce of independent contractors who were forced to purchase expensive equipment and compete for contracts with the mills. Drawing on his own experience with the region's forest products industry, interviews with Maine loggers, media coverage, and court documents, Egan follows the troubled recent history of the industry and its battle for survival.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Massachusetts
United States
Illustrations
10 illustrations
Dimensions
Height: 229 mm
Width: 152 mm
Thickness: 22 mm
Weight
363 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-62534-664-3 (9781625346643)
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ANDREW EGAN is professor of forest resources at Abraham Baldwin Agricultural College and author of Adirondack Hard Times: Evolution of a Rich Man's Paradise.