Beyond the Beauty Strip: Saving What's Left of Our Forests [Hardcover]

Mitch Lansky (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: October 1992

In BEYOND THE BEAUTY STRIP, Mitch Lansky shatters the myths surrounding the current forest management practices, the false 'jobs vs. the environment' dichotomy, and that 'what is good for industry is good for communities.'

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Product Details

• Hardcover: 453 pages
• Publisher: Tilbury House Publishers (October 1992)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0884481034
• ISBN-13: 978-0884481034
• Product Dimensions: 9.3 x 6.2 x 1.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.9 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 3.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,470,436 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent Reference, June 20, 2001

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D. Lewis "dlewis10" (Cross Plains, WI USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Beyond the Beauty Strip: Saving What's Left of Our Forests (Hardcover)

A hard-line critique of industrial forest management in Maine. Meticulously researched with many bold questions and conclusions. This book is an essential resource for those who've been confused by both environmental and industry PR campaigns. This book asks the questions that neither side is asking and exposes many of the commonly held myths that seem to show up daily in political rhetoric. A word of warning, this book is not light reading, but it serves the serious student of sustainability issues well.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Myths of industrial forestry exposed, December 10, 1999

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Paul Donahue (USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Beyond the Beauty Strip: Saving What's Left of Our Forests (Hardcover)

This is an excellent reference work on industrial forestry as practiced in Maine, in particular, and northern New Engalnd, in general. It exposes many of the popular beliefs surrounding clearcutting, herbicide spraying, tree plantations and other practices of industrial forestry for the fallacies that they are. It also exposes the numerous links between industry, academia and government that help to keep these ecologically disastrous practices alive. All the information included is carefully reseaerched and referenced. My only possible criticism of the book is that it is very dense reading.

1 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Very Biased Writting and Reporting, May 3, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Beyond the Beauty Strip: Saving What's Left of Our Forests (Hardcover)

Not a book for individuals who like to come up with their own decision on the balance between Society's desire for wood products, and the professional talents brought to the forest to maintain sustainablity.