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- Trespassing: An Inquiry into the Private Ownership of Land
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- 2015
- Published by: University Press of New England
summary
Trespassing, “a thoughtful, beautifully written addition to environmental and regional literature” (Kirkus Reviews), is a historical survey of the evolution of private ownership of land, concentrating on the various land uses of a 500-acre tract of land over a 350-year period. What began as wild land controlled periodically by various Native American tribes became British crown land after 1654, then private property under US law, and finally common land again in the late twentieth century. Mitchell considers every aspect of the important issue of land ownership and explores how our attitudes toward land have changed over the centuries.
Table of Contents
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- Preface to the New Edition
- pp. xi-xvi
- Acknowledgments
- pp. xvii-xviii
- Chronology
- pp. xix-xxii
- 1. A Certain Tract of Land
- pp. 7-18
- 2. Owners and Outcasts
- pp. 19-30
- 3. Should Trees Have Standing?
- pp. 31-48
- 4. The Cords of Christ's Tent
- pp. 49-60
- 5. To Have and to Hold
- pp. 61-74
- 6. Common Ground
- pp. 75-88
- 7. Cross-Lot Walking
- pp. 89-104
- 8. Terra Nullius
- pp. 105-120
- 9. Holding Ground
- pp. 121-132
- 10. Out of the Quiver of the Scriptures
- pp. 133-148
- 11. The Last of the Commons
- pp. 149-164
- 12. Islands of the Dead
- pp. 165-180
- 13. Who Really Owns North America?
- pp. 181-192
- 14. The Tawny Vermin
- pp. 193-212
- 15. Their Heirs and Assigns Forever
- pp. 213-236
- 16. The Intelligence of Salamanders
- pp. 237-252
- 17. The Landing
- pp. 253-268
- 18. Drawn and Quartered
- pp. 269-284
Additional Information
ISBN
9781611687750
Related ISBN(s)
9781611687194
MARC Record
OCLC
907002949
Pages
291
Launched on MUSE
2015-04-09
Language
English
Open Access
No
Copyright
2015