| Description |
x, 198 pages : illustrations ; 28 cm |
| Series |
Hoover Institution Press publication ; no. 483 |
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Hoover Institution Press publication ; 483
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| Contents |
Prologue / Terry L. Anderson and Bruce Yandle -- 1. The Disappearance of Agricultural Land: Fact or Fiction? / Bruce R. Beattie -- 2. Land Trusts: A Return to Feudalism / Roger Meiners and Bruce Yandle -- 3. Taxation, Free Markets, and the Use of Agricultural Land / Richard E. Wagner -- 4. The Political Economy of Land Conversion on the Urban Fringe / Samuel R. Staley -- 5. Some Issues Surrounding Land and Chemical Use in Agriculture / B. Delworth Gardner -- 6. Biotechnology, Land-Use, and the Environment: Untying the Gordian Knot / Henry I. Miller -- 7. To Breed, or Not to Breed? The Question of Endangered Spacies and Agriculture / Ike C. Sugg -- 8. Agriculture and Water Markets / Terry L. Anderson and Clay J. Landry |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Subject |
Agricultural ecology -- United States.
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Agriculture -- Environmental aspects -- United States.
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Land use, Rural -- United States.
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| Author |
Anderson, Terry L. (Terry Lee), 1946-
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Yandle, Bruce.
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| LC no. |
00053298 |
| ISBN |
0817999124 alkaline paper paperback |
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