Oregon at work, 1859 - 2009

175 S.

zahlr. Ill.

Includes index

1850-1900 -- Settling a new state -- Living off the land -- The Donation Land Act -- Teamsters -- Cattle ranching -- Blacksmithing -- Physicians -- Clergy -- Women at work -- Teaching -- Minorities in Oregon -- Mining -- What about timber and fishing? -- Merchants -- 1900-1950 -- Farming -- Mining -- Manufacturing -- Women at work -- Teaching -- Banking -- Native Americans in the early 1900s -- Transportation -- Organizing labor, the creation of -- Unions in Oregon -- Road building -- The timber industry -- Retail trade -- Job hunting -- The Great Depression -- World War II -- After the War -- 1950-2009 -- Rapid changes in the second half of the twentieth century -- Teaching -- The timber industry, feast & famine -- Farming -- Brewing and winemaking in Oregon -- Manufacturing -- Truck driving -- The service sector -- The high-tech industry -- Technology in the workplace -- Baby boomers -- The lottery and gambling -- Labor laws -- Women in the workplace -- Organized labor today -- Minorities in the workplace -- Management -- Volunteering as work.

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ECONIS - Online Catalogue of the ZBW