Broadaxe to flying shear: The mechanization of forest harvesting east of the Rockies (Collection transformation) de Silversides, C. R - 1997

Ottawa, Canada: NMST/MNST, 1997. PB. fine, wraps (softcover). B&W illustrations. ISBN 0660159805 The principal component of this volume was written by Dr. Ross Silversides and concerns the history of mechanization in forest operations in eastern Canada from the first decades of this century to the early 1980s. Complementing and contextualizing this detailed technical history is an extended essay by the forestry historian Dr. Richard Rajala. This overview provides a brief economic, social and political outline of the eastern Canadian forest industry from the early nineteenth century also to the early 1980s. Its primary intent is to document changes in markets and patterns of resource utilization, the organization of work, employment conditions and forest policy. 174pp.

Ottawa Canada: National Museum of Science and Technology, 1997. Paperback. Fine. 174 pages plus ads. accompanying essay by Richard A. Rajala. This is Transformation Series 6 Collection Transformation. ; 8 1/2 x 11

Ottawa: National Museum of Science and Technology, 1997 First printing in tall paper covers. 174 pp. Figures, notes, glossary, bibliography, index. Faint Canadian Parks Service stamp on the title page otherwise Fine.

paperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.