Offers the history of British Columbia's central-and-north-coast forest industry. This title integrates social, political, and environmental themes in depicting the relationship of coastal people and communities to the forest.

In addressing the modern era of land claims, environmentalism and capital-flight, Rajala turns to the complex and unresolved struggle for a more equitable and sustainable human relationship with British Columbia's forests.

Preface
Introduction
Chapter 1 - Shallow Roots: Early Forest Industrialization, 1880-1914
Chapter 2 - The Spruce Drive: World War 1 and the Forest Economy
Chapter 3 - The Twenties: Pacific Mills Take Control
Chapter 4 - From Slump to Boom: Depression, War and Changing Patterns in Froest Exploitation
Chapter 5 - "No Camp Large or Small Will Be Missed": The IWA and the Loggers' Navy, 1935-70
Chapter 6 - "Era of Error": Sustained Yield and the Dynamics of Development, 1945-70
Chapter 7 - Winding Down: Up-Coast Forests and Communities After the Boom
Glossary of Acronyms and Abbreviations
Select Bibliography.