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BL
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998903
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b753273
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| Main Entry
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Merrill, Karen R.
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| Title & Author
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Public lands and political meaning : : ranchers, the government, and the property between them /\ Karen R. Merrill.
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| Publication Statement
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Berkeley :: University of California Press,, ©2002.
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1 online resource (xix, 274 pages) :: illustrations, map
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| ISBN
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0520228626
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: 0520926889
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: 0585419779
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: 1597348384
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: 9780520228627
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: 9780520926882
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: 9780585419770
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: 9781597348386
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0520228626
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| Bibliographies/Indexes
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 257-262) and index.
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| Contents
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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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| Abstract
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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.
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Government ownership-- United States-- History.
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Pasture, Right of-- United States-- History.
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Public lands-- United States-- History.
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Ranchers-- Legal status, laws, etc.-- United States-- History.
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BUSINESS ECONOMICS-- Environmental Economics.
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BUSINESS ECONOMICS-- Green Business.
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Government ownership.
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HISTORY-- United States-- State Local-- West (AK, CA, CO, HI, ID, MT, NV, UT, WY)
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NATURE-- Natural Resources.
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Pasture, Right of.
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Public lands.
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United States.
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| Dewey Classification
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333.74/0973
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KF5605.M47 2002eb
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