Land in the American West : Private Claims and the Common Good

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""Contents"" ""Preface"" ""Acknowledgments"" ""Introduction: In Search of Western Lands"" ""Part I: Three Perspectives on Property Rights"" ""Private Property and the Public Interest: Land in the American Idea"" ""Property Rights, Freedom, and Evolving Social Order"" ""New Property Rights Debates: The Dialectics of Naming, Blaming, and Claiming"" ""Part II: Urban and Rural Vantage Points on Property"" ""Land for Cities, Scenery for City People: Managing Urbanization in the American Grain"" ""From Open Range to Closed Range on the Public Lands"" ""Part III: Three Case Studies of Land Use""""Dividing the Land: The Taylor Ranch and the Case for Preserving the Limited Access Commons"" ""Public Lands and Public Sentiment: A Comparative Look at National Parks"" ""Owning It All in Alaska: The Political Power of a Rhetorical Paradigm"" ""Epilogue: Contested Terrain: The Business of Land in the American West"" ""Contributors"" ""Index""