Edited by William L. Lang, the Culture and Environment in the Pacific West series explores a broad range of regional issues—historical and contemporary, urban and/or rural. The series was created to publish compelling analytical books about human interactions with various environments west of the Rockies.
Series Contents
Oregon Plans
Oregon Plans provides a rich, detailed, and nuanced analysis of the origins and early evolution of Oregon’s nationally renowned land-use planning program. Drawing primarily on...
Empty Nets
Empty Nets is a disturbing history of broken promises and justice delayed. It chronicles the Columbia River Indians' fight to maintain their livelihood and culture...
The Tillamook
Debates over the fate of ancient forests have been commonplace in the Pacific West for decades. The Tillamook takes up the question of younger forests...
Frigid Embrace
Since the arrival of white settlers, Alaska has been dependent on the development of successive natural resources- fur, then gold, salmon, copper, timber, and now...
The Great Northwest
For more than 150 years, Pacific Northwest writers have sought out the region's shared stories and traditions in an attempt to explain the common features...
Planning a New West
With the recent decline of natural resource industries in the American West, a new economic future has dawned for the region, focused on tourism, service...