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

by Keith C. Petersen

Book Overview

At a bend in the Palouse River, in the shadow of Gold Hill, rests the town of Potlatch, Idaho. It projects an image of gritty, working-class living. But its ordinary appearance belies an unusual past. Potlatch was a company town--a town completely owned by a large lumber company.

Company Town, however, is more than just another community history. It is a history of the Pacific Northwest in microcosm--the exploitation of natural resources;...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0874220378
• ISBN13: 9780874220377
• Release Date: July 1987
• Publisher: Washington State University Press
• Length: 284 Pages
• Weight: 1.27 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.0" x 9.0"