Trespassing : an inquiry into the private ownership of land / John Hanson Mitchell.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Mitchell, John Hanson, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Right of property--Massachusetts--Littleton (Town)--History.

Right of property.

Commons--Massachusetts--Littleton (Town)--History.

Commons.

Land tenure--Law and legislation--Massachusetts--Littleton (Town)--History.

Land tenure.

Littleton (Mass. : Town)--History.

Littleton (Mass. : Town).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (322 p.)

Edition:

First University Press of New England paperback edition.

Place of Publication:

Hanover, New Hampshire ; London, [England] : University Press of New England, 1995.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

An exploration of the various systems of land control and the evolution of private property

Contents:

Cover; Half-title; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Preface to the New Edition; Acknowledgments; Chronology; Players; Prologue; ONE: A Certain Tract of Land; TWO: Owners and Outcasts; THREE: Should Trees Have Standing?; FOUR: The Cords of Christ's Tent; FIVE: To Have and to Hold; SIX: Common Ground; SEVEN: Cross-Lot Walking; EIGHT: Terra Nullius; NINE: Holding Ground; TEN: Out of the Quiver of the Scriptures; ELEVEN: The Last of the Commons; TWELVE: Islands of the Dead; THIRTEEN: Who Really Owns North America ?; FOURTEEN: The Tawny Vermin; FIFTEEN: Their Heirs and Assigns Forever

SIXTEEN: The Intelligence of SalamandersSEVENTEEN: The Landing; EIGHTEEN: Drawn and Quartered; Epilogue

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Description based on print version record.

OCLC:

907002949