| Description |
1 online resource (xi, 222 p.) |
| Contents |
In search of western lands / William G. Robbins -- Private property and the public interest : land in the American idea / Daniel W. Bromley -- Property rights, freedom, and evolving social order / Bruce Yandle -- New property rights debates : the dialectics of naming, blaming, and claiming / Sarah Pralle and Michael W. McCann -- Land for cities, scenery for city people : managing urbanization in the American grain / Carl Abbott -- From open range to closed range on the public lands / William D. Rowley -- Dividing the land : the Taylor Ranch and the case of preserving the limited access commons / María E. Montoya -- Public lands and public sentiment : a comparative look at national parks / Arthur R. Gómez -- Owning it all in Alaska : the political power of a rhetorical paradigm / Stephen Haycox -- Contested terrain : the business of land in the American West / Richard White |
| Summary |
"The essays in Land in the American West deal with complex, troublesome, and interrelated questions regarding land: Who owns it? Who has access to it? What happens when private rights infringe upon the public good, or when one ethnic group is pitted against another, or when there is a conflict between economic and environmental values? Many of these questions have deep historical roots. They all have special significance in the modern American West, where natural resources are still abundant and large areas of land are federally owned."--Jacket |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Description based on print version record and CIP data provided by publisher; resource not viewed |
| Subject |
Property -- West (U.S.) -- History
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Right of property -- West (U.S.) -- History
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Public lands -- West (U.S.) -- History
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Common good -- History
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BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Environmental Economics.
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BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Green Business.
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NATURE -- Natural Resources.
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HISTORY -- United States -- State & Local -- West (AK, CA, CO, HI, ID, MT, NV, UT, WY)
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Common good
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Property
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Public lands
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Right of property
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West United States
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| Genre/Form |
History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Robbins, William G., 1935-
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Foster, James C. (James Carl)
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| LC no. |
2021694734 |
| ISBN |
9780295802893 |
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0295802898 |
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