Who Owns America?: Social Conflict Over Property Rights - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0299159949 ISBN 13: 9780299159948

Verlag: UNIV OF WISCONSIN PR, 1998

Inhaltsangabe

Land ownership by individual citizens is a cornerstone of American heritage and a centerpiece of the American dream. Thomas Jefferson called it the key to our success as a democracy. Yet the question of who owns America not only remains unanswered but is central to a fundamental conflict that can pit private property rights advocates against government policymakers and environmentalists.
    Land use authority Harvey M. Jacobs has gathered a provocative collection of perspectives from eighteen contributors in the fields of law, history, anthropology, economics, sociology, forestry, and environmental studies. Who Owns America? 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 ethnic values play in land use; and concludes with Jacobs&; title essay.
    Who Owns America? 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.

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Harvey M. Jacobs is professor and chair in the Department of Urban and Regional Planning and professor in the Institute of Environmental Studies at the University of Wisconsin&;Madison. He is widely published in scholarly and popular journals in the United States and Europe.

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: UNIV OF WISCONSIN PR
• Erscheinungsdatum: 1998
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 0299159949
• ISBN 13: 9780299159948
• Einband: Taschenbuch
• Anzahl der Seiten: 288
• Herausgeber: Jacobs Harvey M.
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