Includes bibliographical references (p. 213-250) and index
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Heros, villains, and real cowboys -- The institutions that tamed the West -- Property rights in Indian country -- Might takes rights in Indian country -- Soft gold : traders, trappers, and hunters -- There's property rights in them thar hills -- Wagon-train governments -- Cowboys and contracts -- Home on the range -- Making the desert bloom -- New frontiers