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Biblioscope
An Archival Guide & Bibliography
Articles
| Barnett, LeRoy. "Making America's First Steel in Wyandotte." Michigan History 88 (July/August 2004): 28–34. On the development of the iron and steel industries in the company town of Wyandotte, Michigan, from the 1850s through the 1890s. Discusses the organization of the Eureka Iron Company by Eber Brock Ward, Jr., (1811–1875) in 1853; the company's use of wood to produce charcoal; the construction of the Wyandotte Rolling Mill facility to produce iron rails for use by the railroad industry; the contributions of engineer William Durfee, who used Henry Bessemer's (1813–1898) pneumatic process to convert iron into Bessemer steel; and the decline and eventual closing of the company in 1892.Bonfield, Lynn A., ed. "The Work Journal of Albert Bickford, Mid-Nineteenth-Century Vermont Farmer, Cooper, and Carpenter." Vermont History 72 (Summer/Fall 2004): 113–159. Bickford's descriptions of his carpentry, cooperage, farming, and social activism work in a journal he wrote from the late 1840s to the early 1860s.Boyd, Milt, and Paul Macone. "Nathan Buttrick, Early Clampmaker in Massachusetts." Chronicle of the Early American Industries Association 57 (June 2004): 41–46. On the life, work, and characteristic features of clamps made by Carlisle, Massachusetts, tool maker Nathan Buttrick (1811–1883).Brochot, Sylvie. "Quand l'administration forestière se mettait en scàne: les premières archives photographiques (1860–1914) de la Restauration des terrains en montagne." Revue forestière française56 (No. 1, 2004): 65–83. "When the Forestry Department Told its Own Story: The First Photographic Records (1860–1914) of Restoration of Mountain Land." Studies the photographic work of French Forestry Department foresters, the impact of their work on shaping forest policy, their relationships with local communities, and the foresters' attitudes toward and perceptions of nature captured through print photography. Text in French.Brooks, David M. "Happy Birthday, Smokey." Conservationist 59 (August 2004): 19–21. On the events leading up to and shaping the development of Smokey Bear as an advertising symbol used in forest fire prevention programs in the United States, beginning in the 1930s.Buttel, Frederick H. "The Treadmill of Production: An Appreciation, Assessment, and Agenda for Research." Organization & Environment 17 (September 2004): 323–336. Evaluates the contributions of the "treadmill of production" economic theory to the field of environmental sociology in North America, especially during the 1970s and 1980s, and discusses the reasons for its waning influence in recent years. The treadmill of production theory asserts that the commodification of labor and natural resources results in profits that demand ever-increasing levels of production and resource extraction to improve economic growth.Chiang, Connie Y. "Novel Tourism: Nature, Industry, and Literature on Monterey's Cannery Row." Western Historical Quarterly 35 (Autumn 2004): 309–329. Discusses the work of city officials, developers, planners, and tourist industry representatives who used the natural beauty of the coastal region and the fame brought to the former sardine canning center through John Steinbeck's (1902–1968) novels as selling points for tourism in Monterey, California, from the 1950s through the 1970s.Church, Michael A. "Smoke Farming: Smelting and Agricultural Reform in Utah, 1900–1945." Utah Historical Quarterly 72 (Summer 2004): 196–218. On the political and legal maneuverings of farmers attempting to halt the negative impacts of smoke pollution produced by copper and lead smelters on agricultural crops in the Salt Lake and Tooele valleys of Utah. The American Smelting & Refining Company, the United States Smelting & Refining Company, and the Anaconda Copper Company, operating under the name of International Smelting & Refining Company, were the largest smelters operating in the region during the early twentieth century.Coleman, David C., David M. Swift, and John E. Mitchell. "From the Frontier to the Biosphere: A Brief History of the USIBP Grasslands Biome Program and its Impacts on Scientific Research in North America." 26 (August 2004): 8–15. On the founding, accomplishments, demise, and ecosystem research legacy of the Grassland Biome Program run under the leadership of rangeland scientist George M. Van Dyne (1932- ) at Colorado State University from 1967 to 1974. This American biosphere research program was part of the United States International Biological Program.Crespo de Nogueri, Eduardo, and Consuelo Martínez Flores. "Aesthetic Values and Protected Areas: A Story of Symbol Preservation." George Wright Forum 21 (June 2004): 53-[55]. Traces the history of human appreciation for landscape features around the world from prehistoric times to the present, and examines the role of aesthetics in nature conservation since the late nineteenth century.. . . |
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