Company Town: Potlatch, Idaho, and the Potlatch Lumber Company

By Keith C. Petersen

Book Overview

Potlatch, Idaho, was a company town--a community completely owned by a large lumber firm. This is the story of the Pacific Northwest in microcosm: the exploitation of natural resources; the impact of big business on the development of a rutal area; of ordinary people making a place their home.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 087422036X
• ISBN13: 9780874220360
• Release Date: October 1987
• Publisher: Washington State University
• Length: 284 Pages
• Weight: 1.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 6.3" x 9.3"