Public lands and political meaning : ranchers, the government, and the property between them
by
 
Merrill, Karen R.

Title
: 
Public lands and political meaning : ranchers, the government, and the property between them

Author
: 
Merrill, Karen R.

ISBN
: 
9780520228627

Personal Author
: 
Merrill, Karen R.

Publication Information
: 
Berkeley : Univeristy of California Press, c2002.

Physical Description
: 
xix, 274 p. : ill., map ; 24 cm.

Contents
: 
1. Policing and Policymaking on the Range -- 2. The Properties of the Homebuilder -- 3. The Lessons of the Market -- 4. The Sovereignty of the State, or the States? -- 5. The Taylor Grazing Act and the "Vast National Estate" -- 6. Property Rights and Political Meaning.

Subject Term
: 
Public lands -- United States -- History.
 
Government ownership -- United States -- History.
 
Ranchers -- Legal status, laws, etc -- United States -- History.
 
Pasture, Right of -- United States -- History.

Electronic Access
: 
Publisher description http://www.loc.gov/catdir/description/ucal042/2001003100.html
 
Table of contents http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ucal041/2001003100.html
 
Contributor biographical information http://www.loc.gov/catdir/bios/ucal052/2001003100.html


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