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Contents Preface vii james c. foster Acknowledgments xi introduction In Search of Western Lands 3 william g. robbins part i Three Perspectives on Property Rights Private Property and the Public Interest: Land in the American Idea 23 daniel w. bromley Property Rights, Freedom, and Evolving Social Order 37 bruce yandle New Property Rights Debates: The Dialectics of Naming, Blaming, and Claiming 53 sarah pralle and michael w. mccann v part ii Urban and Rural Vantage Points on Property Land for Cities, Scenery for City People: Managing Urbanization in the American Grain 77 carl abbott From Open Range to Closed Range on the Public Lands 96 william d. rowley part iii Three Case Studies of Land Use Dividing the Land: The Taylor Ranch and the Case for Preserving the Limited Access Commons 121 maría e. montoya Public Lands and Public Sentiment: A Comparative Look at National Parks 145 arthur r. gómez Owning It All in Alaska: The Political Power of a Rhetorical Paradigm 164 stephen haycox epilogue Contested Terrain: The Business of Land in the American West 190 richard white Contributors 207 Index 209 Contents vi ...