The Public Domain and Democracy : A Study of Social, Economic and Political Problems in the United States in Relation to Western Development / Robert Tudor Hill.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Hill, Robert Tudor, author.

Series:

Studies in History, Economics, and Public Law

Language:

English

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Place of Publication:

New York, NY : Columbia University Press, [1968]

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

Examines the population movement to the west in the United States for both inductive and deductive studies of social phenomena on a broad scale. Focuses on western optimism and democracy.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Preface

Contents

I. The Westward Movement

II. Public Land Policies and the Public Domain

III. Western Optimism

IV. Democracy and Equality in the West

V. Democracy in Western Political Life

VI. Democracy and Individualism

VII. Individualism and the Public Domain

VIII. Individualism and the Public Domain (Continued)

IX. A Social Democracy - Survey and Conclusion

General Bibliography

Index

Notes:

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 08. Jul 2019)

ISBN:

0-231-89671-9

OCLC:

1100436214