Working the Range: Essays on the History of Western Land Management and the Environment

by John R. Wunder

This collection of twelve original essays explores the history of people interacting with the land. The first section examines how Native Americans attempted to maintain control of their lands. The second includes three essays that are concerned with land speculation, from the earliest penetration of the Europeans into the interior of America to the last frontiers of West Texas and Northern Mexico. A third section considers land policy and governmental...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0313245916
• ISBN13: 9780313245916
• Release Date: May 1985
• Publisher: Praeger
• Length: 241 Pages
• Weight: 1.08 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 5.5" x 8.5"