Slide Mountain, or, The folly of owning nature /

Tours America to explore some of the more unusual dilemmas that have arisen in our struggle to possess nature. This book recounts the battle for three thousand acres of land the river carved from a Nebraska Indian reservation and deposited in Iowa. It illuminates what it means to live in a culture o...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Steinberg, Theodore, 1961-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Berkeley : University of California Press, ©1995.
Subjects:
Land tenure.
Land tenure > United States.
Land use.
Land use > United States.
Real property.
Real property > United States.
Utilisation du sol.
Utilisation du sol > États-Unis.
Biens réels.
Biens réels > États-Unis.
real estate.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Real Estate > General.
HISTORY > United States > General.
Land tenure
Land use
Real property
Grundeigentum
Umweltschutz
United States
USA
Land > Ownership
Online Access:Texto completo
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Summary:Tours America to explore some of the more unusual dilemmas that have arisen in our struggle to possess nature. This book recounts the battle for three thousand acres of land the river carved from a Nebraska Indian reservation and deposited in Iowa. It illuminates what it means to live in a culture of property where everything must have an owner.
Physical Description:1 online resource (212 pages)
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (pages 177-203) and index.
ISBN:9780520918467
0520918460
0585041121
9780585041124
Access:Single user license access.

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