Description

Western Building Material Assoc. [Published date: 2003]. Hard cover, 97 pp., plus indices. Very good in very good dust jacket. Glossy pictorial paper over boards have light bumping to edges and corners and light overall scuffing. Binding tight. Pages clean and unmarked. Dust jacket has a few small nicks and light creasing along the edges. Light overall scuffing to jacket as well. Now in an archival-quality (removable) Brodart Cover. NOT Ex-library. NO remainder marks. Black and white illustrations with some in color. [From front jacket flap] The Western Building Material Association's story is one of building. Independent business owners throughout the Western United States supplied homeowners, entrepreneurs, and businesses with the tools, expertise, and materials to fuel this nation's western expansion. With some heroics, plenty of business savvy, and a commitment to each other, over the past 100 years these building materials dealers helped build communities and continue to provide a valuable service today. This is their story. Contents include: At the Gate of the Modern Age 1903-1930; Fun and Business. The Conventions; Depression and Rebuilding 1930-1939; The War at Home "Adverse Consumer War Psychology"; Rebuilding 1950-1959; Winds of Change and of Nature 1960-1969; Seedlings for the Future Young Westerners; A New Home, a New Program 1970-1979; The Environment: Timber as a Crop; Rumblings: The 1980s; The Executive Directors; The Strong Adapt 1990-1999's The Supplier Partnership; Another 100 Years; Appendixes