Includes bibliographical references (pages 257-262) and index.
Policing and policy-making on the range -- The properties of the home-builder -- The lessons of the market -- The sovereignty of the state, or the states? -- The Taylor Grazing Act and the "Vast National Estate" -- Property rights and political meaning.
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Reconstructing the increasingly contested interpretations of the meaning of public land administration, this book traces the history of the political dynamics between ranchers and federal land agencies.
JSTOR
22573/cttt20qc
Public lands and political meaning.
0520228626
Government ownership-- United States-- History.
Pasture, Right of-- United States-- History.
Public lands-- United States-- History.
Ranchers-- Legal status, laws, etc.-- United States-- History.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS-- Environmental Economics.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS-- Green Business.
Government ownership.
HISTORY-- United States-- State & Local-- West (AK, CA, CO, HI, ID, MT, NV, UT, WY)