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Author:

Anderson, Terry Lee, 1946-

Title:

The not so wild, wild west : property rights on the frontier / Terry L. Anderson and Peter J. Hill.

Publisher:

Stanford Economics and Finance,

Copyright Date:

2004

Description:

xii, 263 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm.

Subject:

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

Other Authors:

Hill, Peter Jensen.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. 237-250) and index.

Contents:

Heros, villains, and real cowboys -- The institutions that tamed the West -- Property rights in Indian country -- Might takes rights in Indian country -- Soft gold : traders, trappers, and hunters -- There's property rights in them thar hills -- Wagon train governments -- Cowboys and contracts -- Home on the range -- Making the desert bloom -- New frontiers.

ISBN:

9780804748544 (alk. paper)
0804748543 (alk. paper)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)54066261

LCCN:

2004001038

Locations:

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

UNUX074 -- University of Northern Iowa - Rod Library (Cedar Falls)

PTAX572 -- Stewart Memorial Library (Cedar Rapids)

N3AX771 -- Drake Law School Library (Des Moines)

OSAX771 -- Grand View University Library (Des Moines)

UDAX314 -- Charles C. Myers Library (Dubuque)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)

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

OMAX631 -- Geisler Learning Resource Cntr (Pella)