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
Table of Contents:
  • Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgments; Fast Fish in America: An Introduction; 1. Blackbird's Ghost: Real Estate and Other Fantasies; 2. Identity Crisis in Bayou Country; 3. Notes from Underground: The Private Life of Water; 4. Cloudbusting in Fulton County; 5. Three-D Deeds: The Rise of Air Rights in New York; Paper Moon: A Conclusion; Notes; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; Z.

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