Karen R. Merrill Public Lands and Political Meaning (Hardback)

Description: Further DetailsTitle: Public Lands and Political MeaningCondition: NewSubtitle: Ranchers, the Government, and the Property between ThemISBN-10: 0520228626EAN: 9780520228627ISBN: 9780520228627Publisher: University of California PressFormat: HardbackRelease Date: 07/15/2002Description: The history of the American West is a history of struggles over land, and none has inspired so much passion and misunderstanding as the conflict between ranchers and the federal government over public grazing lands. Drawing upon neglected sources from organized ranchers, this is the first book to provide a historically based explanation for why the relationship between ranchers and the federal government became so embattled long before modern environmentalists became involved in the issue. Reconstructing the increasingly contested interpretations of the meaning of public land administration, "Public Lands and Political Meaning" traces the history of the political dynamics between ranchers and federal land agencies, giving us a new look at the relations of power that made the modern West. Although a majority of organized ranchers supported government control of the range at the turn of the century, by midcentury these same organizations often used a virulently antifederal discourse that fueled many a political fight in Washington and that still runs deep in American politics today.In analyzing this shift, Merrill shows how profoundly people's ideas about property wove their way into the political language of the debates surrounding public range policy. As she unravels the meaning of this language, Merrill demonstrates that different ideas about property played a crucial role in perpetuating antagonism on both sides of the fence. In addition to illuminating the origins of the 'sagebrush rebellions' in the American West, this book also persuasively argues that political historians must pay more attention to public land management issues as a way of understanding tensions in American state-building.Language: EnglishCountry/Region of Manufacture: USItem Height: 229mmItem Length: 152mmItem Width: 23mmItem Weight: 544gAuthor: Karen R. MerrillGenre: HistoryTopic: Law & Politics, Science Nature & MathRelease Year: 2002 Missing Information?Please contact us if any details are missing and where possible we will add the information to our listing.

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Book Title: Public Lands and Political Meaning

Title: Public Lands and Political Meaning

Subtitle: Ranchers, the Government, and the Property between Them

ISBN-10: 0520228626

EAN: 9780520228627

ISBN: 9780520228627

Release Date: 07/15/2002

Release Year: 2002

Country/Region of Manufacture: US

Genre: History

Topic: Science Nature & Math

Number of Pages: 296 Pages

Publication Name: Public Lands and Political Meaning : Ranchers, the Government, and the Property between Them

Language: English

Publisher: University of California Press

Subject: United States / State & Local / West (Ak, CA, Co, Hi, Id, Mt, Nv, Ut, WY), Land Use, General, Agriculture / General, Government & Business

Publication Year: 2002

Item Height: 0.9 in

Item Weight: 19.2 Oz

Type: Textbook

Item Length: 9 in

Author: Karen R. Merrill

Subject Area: Law, Political Science, Technology & Engineering, Business & Economics, History

Item Width: 6 in

Format: Hardcover