Title: The Struggle for the land :
Authors: Olson, Paul A.; University of Nebraska--Lincoln.
Date: 1990
Publisher: University of Nebraska Press,
Physical description: x, 317 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Language: English
LC classification: G
Contents: Human adaptations to the North American Great Plains and similar environments / John W. Bennett -- Pastoral nomads in the past, present, and future : a comparative view / Anatoly Khazanov -- The substitution of cattle for bison on the Great Plains / Russel L. Barsh -- The Alaska native experience with the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act / Gary C. Anders -- The impact of colonialism on land use in Central and Southern Africa / Robson Silitshena -- Plains Indians and Australian aborigines in the twentieth century / Peter Iverson -- Hydroelectric development and the human rights of indigenous people / C. Patrick Morris -- Culture conflict and resource management in Central Australia / Annette Hamilton -- The response to the Kenya Maasai to changing land policies / Solomon Bekure and Ishmael Ole Pasha -- American Indian land wisdom / J. Baird Callicott -- Plains Indian influences on the American environmental movement : Ernest Thompson Seton and Ohiyesa / O. Douglas Schwartz.
Notes: Published for the Center for Great Plains Studies, University of Nebraska-Lincoln. Includes index.
Subject headings (LCSH): Arid regions agriculture.; Arid regions ecology.; Indigenous peoples.; Industrialization.; Land tenure.; Land use.