Nature's Northwest: The North Pacific Slope in the Twentieth Century - Paperbackby William G. Robbins (Author), Katrine Barber (Author) At the beginning of the twentieth century, the greater Northwest was ablaze with change and seemingly obsessed with progress. The promotional literature of the time praising railroads, population increases, and the growing sophistication of urban living, however, ignored the reality of poverty and ethnic and gender discrimination. During the course of the next century, even with dramatic changes