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Title:

Land in the American West : private claims and the common good / edited by William G. Robbins, James C. Foster.

Publisher:

University of Washington Press,

Copyright Date:

c2000

Description:

xi, 222 p. ; 23 cm.

Subject:

Property--West (U.S.)--History.
Right of property--West (U.S.)--History.
Public lands--West (U.S.)--History.
Common good--History.

Other Authors:

Robbins, William G., 1935-
Foster, James C. (James Carl)

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents:

Contested terrain : the business of land in the American West / Richard White. 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.

ISBN:

9780295980201 (pbk. : alk. paper)
0295980206 (pbk. : alk. paper)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)45015413

LCCN:

00047937

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

N5UX522 -- University of Iowa Law Library (Iowa City)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)