The Slain Wood: Papermaking and Its Environmental Consequences in the American South by William Boyd

Studies in Industry and Society

The Slain Wood: Papermaking and Its Environmental Consequences in the American South

William Boyd

376 pages hardcover

1 edition

nonfiction history science
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When the paper industry moved into the South in the 1930s, it confronted a region in the midst of an economic and environmental crisis. Entrenched poverty, stunted labor markets, vast stretches of cutover lands, and severe soil erosion prevailed a...

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