Green Gold

Patricia Marchak, a professor of sociology at the University of British Columbia, is the author of Ideological Perspectives on Canada and In Whose Interests.

• TablesPrefaceAcknowledgementsPart I: Capital1 A Staples Economy2 History of a Resource Industry3 "Partners with Industry"4 The Structure of the IndustryPart II: Labour5 Class and Human Capital6 Markets, Technology, and Employment7 Patterns of Employment and Unemployment8 Employment Conditions for Women in Resource Towns9 Job Control, Security, and Satisfaction10 Job Control and IdeologyPart III: Communities11 The Instant Town12 At the End of the Forest13 Policies for ChangeAppendix A. Methodology and SamplesAppendix B. Tables Accompanying Chapter 9: Job Control, Security and SatisfactionAppendix C. Tables Accompanying Chapter 10: Ideology BibliographyIndex

A remarkably comprehensive analysis of the social, political, and economic role of forests as one of the principal single-staple industries in British Columbia ... deals particularly with the susceptibility of the forest industry in the Pacific Northwest to external economic conditions and export markets. ... [It] should appeal to a broad audience of political scientists, economists, sociologists, natural resource specialists, and regional planners. (Choice)