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    Who owns America? : social conflict over property rights / edited by Harvey M. Jacobs.

    • Title:Who owns America? : social conflict over property rights / edited by Harvey M. Jacobs.
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    • Other Contributors/Collections:Jacobs, Harvey Martin, 1952-
    • Published/Created:Madison, Wis. : University of Wisconsin Press, ©1998.
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    • Library of Congress Subjects:Land tenure--United States.
      Land tenure--Government policy--United States.
      Right of property--United States.
      Eminent domain--United States.
      Public lands--United States--Management.
      Land use--Environmental aspects--United States.
    • Description:xvii, 268 p. : maps ; 24 cm.
    • Notes:Includes selected papers from a conference held in 1995.
      Includes bibliographical references and index.
    • ISBN:0299159906 (alk. paper)
      0299159949 (pbk. : alk. paper)
    • Contents:Introduction. Bonanza! The Unasked Questions: Domestic Land Tenure through International Lenses / Louise Fortmann
      Pt. I. Private Property Rights and the Public Interest
      1. Rousseau's Revenge: The Demise of the Freehold Estate / Daniel W. Bromley
      2. "Wisdom," but Uncertain Future, of the Wise Use Movement / Harvey M. Jacobs
      3. Private Property Rights with Responsibilities: What Would Thomas Jefferson Say about the "Wise Use" Movement? / Donald Last
      4. Turning NEPA on Its Head: Assessments That Advance Property Rights at the Expense of the Environment / Richard Castelnuovo
      Pt. II. Private Interests in Public Lands
      5. Land Tenure, Land Policy, and the Property Rights Debate / Keith D. Wiebe, Abebayehu Tegene and Betsey Kuhn
      6. Markets and Ethics in U.S. Property Law / Arthur McEvoy
      7. Leaving the Land Behind: Struggles for Land Reform in U.S. Federal Policy, 1933-1965 / Jess Gilbert and Alice O'Connor
      8. Ecosystem Management: Who's Entitled? / Charles C. Geisler and Barbara L. Bedford
      Pt. III. Land, Culture, and Place
      9. Cultural Dimensions of Land Tenure in the United States / Sonya Salamon
      10. Forest Tenure and Cultural Landscapes: Environmental Histories in the Kickapoo Valley / Lynne Heasley and Raymond P. Guries
      11. Land Tenure and Ecosystem Management in Indian Country / Ronald L. Trosper
      12. Political Economy of Land Tenure: Appalachia and the Southeast / John Gaventa
      Conclusion: Who Owns America? / Harvey M. Jacobs.
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