Public lands and political meaning
Subtitle: ranchers, the government, and the property between them
By: Karen R. Merrill.
Publisher: Univeristy of California Press
Published: 2002
Place of publication: Berkeley
Language: eng
Number of pages: 274
Subjects: Public lands -- United States -- History.; Government ownership -- United States -- History.; Ranchers -- Legal status, laws, etc. -- United States -- History.; Pasture, Right of -- United States -- History.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 257-262) and index.
Table of contents: title: Policing and policy-making on the range; title: The properties of the home-builder; title: The lessons of the market; title: The sovereignty of the state, or the states?; title: The Taylor Grazing Act and the "Vast National Estate"; title: Property rights and political meaning.