TY  - BOOK
AU  - Jacobs,Harvey M (ed)
TI  - Who owns America?: social conflict over property 
SN  - 9780299159948
U1  - 323.46 
PY  - 1998///
CY  - Wisconsin
PB  - University of Wisconsin press
KW  - Eminent domain
KW  - United States
KW  - Land tenure
KW  - Government policy
KW  - Land use
KW  - Environmental aspects
KW  - Public lands
KW  - Management
KW  - Right of property
N1  - Land use authority author has gathered a provocative collection of perspectives from eighteen contributors in the fields of law, history, anthropology, economics, sociology, forestry, and environmental studies. This book begins with the popular view of land ownership as seen though the television show Bonanza! It examines public regulation of private land; public land management; the roles culture and its ethnic values play in land use; and conclude with this title. It is a powerful and illuminating exploration of the very terrain that makes us Americans. Its broad set of theoretical and historical perspectives will fascinate historians, environmental activists, policy makers, and all who care deeply about the land we share
ER  -