… in Oregon history. The striking historical features underscored in my 1997 book… Landscapes
of Promise: The Oregon Story, 1800–1940, addressed the dramatic transformation of Oregon …

… books as "environmental history," but they are equally studies in economic history. Landscapes
of Conflict is organized around the major industrial uses of Oregon's natural resources: …

… On the contrary, Robbins places the Oregon story in broad geographic and historical … of
Oregon landscapes was closely tied to the transformation of the Columbia River, which Oregon …

… Oregon in 1886 illustrates the vast sweep of landscape and the low population numbers of
many eastern Oregon … The global conflict meant sharp increases in lumber and agricultural …

This dissertation examines the ways that people in Oregon … Two shifting ideologies shaped
Oregon and its landscape … That development enshrined in Oregon politics a division …

… in contrast to western Oregon where the schemes of timber speculators were the main problem,
in eastern Oregon the main problem was conflict between those who maintained grazing …

… His follow up book, Landscapes of Conflict, argues that the movement to … Oregon’s
landscape. The intense use of land and timber would not be slowed until the 1970’s when conflicts …

… Lawrence Lipin’s history of urban-rural conflict in Progressive Era Oregon and Chad Montrie’s
survey of working-class environmental history provide starting points for this discussion. …

… 1940–2000, reflects the view that the region was deeply affected by the nation’s involvement
in the global conflicts … all far-western states in the years 1940–2000. Every part of the region …

… economic and environmental landscape of the postwar Pacific … Geographically, the region
consists of the states of Oregon, … Robbins Landscapes of Promise and Landscapes of Conflict…