Description |
1 online resource (xix, 274 pages) |
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Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 257-262) and index. |
Contents |
Policing and policy-making on the range -- The properties of the home-builder -- The lessons of the market -- The sovereignty of the state, or the states? -- The Taylor Grazing Act and the "Vast National Estate" -- Property rights and political meaning. |
Summary |
Reconstructing the increasingly contested interpretations of the meaning of public land administration, this book traces the history of the political dynamics between ranchers and federal land agencies. |
Awards |
Western History Association Robert G. Athearn Award, 2004. |
Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
Subject |
Public lands -- United States -- History.
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Public lands. |
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United States. |
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History. |
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Government ownership -- United States -- History.
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Government ownership. |
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Ranchers -- Legal status, laws, etc. -- United States -- History.
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Ranchers. |
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Pasture, Right of -- United States -- History.
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NATURE -- Natural Resources. |
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BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Environmental Economics. |
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BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Green Business. |
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Pasture, Right of. |
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HISTORY -- United States -- State & Local -- West (AK, CA, CO, HI, ID, MT, NV, UT, WY) |
Indexed Term |
Samfundsvidenskab Økonomi. |
Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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Electronic books.
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History.
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Other Form: |
Print version: Public lands and political meaning Berkeley : University of California Press, c2002. 0520228626 (cloth : alk. paper) (DLC) 2001003100 |
ISBN |
9780520926882 ebook |
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0520926889 |
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0520228626 cloth alkaline paper |
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0585419779 (electronic book) |
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9780585419770 (electronic book) |
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1597348384 |
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9781597348386 |
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9780520228627 |
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0520228626 |
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