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Public lands and political meaning : ranchers, the government, and the property between them / Karen R. Merrill.
LIBRA KF5605 .M47 2002
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Merrill, Karen R.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Public lands--United States--History.
- Public lands.
- Pasture, Right of.
- History.
- Ranchers.
- Government ownership.
- United States.
- Government ownership--United States--History.
- Ranchers--Legal status, laws, etc--United States--History.
- Pasture, Right of--United States--History.
- Physical Description:
- xix, 274 pages : map ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Berkeley : University of California Press, [2002]
- Summary:
- The history behind the recurring "sagebrush rebellions" in the American West, showing how (before environmentalists entered the fray) ranchers and the feds struggled over the uses of public lands, from the days when ranchers wanted more government support to the virulent anti-federal position that remains.
- Contents:
- Policing and policy-making on the range
- The properties of the homebuilder
- 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.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 211-255) and index.
- ISBN:
- 0520228626
- OCLC:
- 47023521
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