Facing the World
Defense Spending and International Trade in the Pacific Northwest Since World War II
Oregon State University Press · Print & ebook · June 1, 2020
Before World War II, the Pacific Northwest states of Washington and Oregon were, by and large, thinly-populated backwaters of the United States.
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- Who it’s for
- Washington and Oregon’s postwar economy shifts through timber, trade, technology, and Cold War defense.
- Themes
- Pacific Northwest economic change, Cold War defense economy, International trade
- Genres
- Pacific Northwest History, 20th-Century America, Nuclear Warfare
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Before World War II, the Pacific Northwest states of Washington and Oregon were, by and large, thinly-populated backwaters of the United States. Even the big cities of Portland and Seattle were dependent upon agricultural industries, especially timber, for their economic health. That all changed during World War II and the Cold War. By the dawn of the new millennium, the Northwest sported a more diversified economy.
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Beer, tourism, and tech moved in alongside timber and wheat as the region’s mainstay industries. In Washington, especially, a national security state, necessitated by the Cold War, set up shop as a second economic behemoth, even as debates over the costs and consequences of the new Atomic Age raged. Facing The World highlights these changes, as well as the politicians, businesses, and ordinary people that helped bring them about.
Northwest After the War
Washington and Oregon’s postwar economy shifts through timber, trade, technology, and Cold War defense.
Come here for
- The shift from timber and wheat toward a more diversified economy
- Washington’s Cold War national-security economy
Expect
- Debates over the costs and consequences of the Atomic Age
- Politicians, businesses, and ordinary people shaping regional change
Where it sits
| Pacific Northwest History | 99% |
|---|---|
| Nuclear Warfare | 54% |
| 20th-Century America | 47% |
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Publisher categories
- Pacific Northwest History
- Authors
- Christopher P. Foss
- Publisher
- Oregon State University Press
- Published
- June 1, 2020
- Format
- Print & ebook
- Theme
- Pacific Northwest economic change · Cold War defense economy · International trade
- Reading lane
- Pacific Northwest History