Slide Mountain, or, The folly of owning nature /

Tours America to explore some of the more unusual dilemmas that have arisen in our struggle to possess nature. This book recounts the battle for three thousand acres of land the river carved from a Nebraska Indian reservation and deposited in Iowa. It illuminates what it means to live in a culture o...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Steinberg, Theodore, 1961-
Formato: Licensed eBooks
Lenguaje:inglés
Publicado: Berkeley : University of California Press ©1995.
Acceso en línea:https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.1525/j.ctt1pnhqk
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Sumario:Tours America to explore some of the more unusual dilemmas that have arisen in our struggle to possess nature. This book recounts the battle for three thousand acres of land the river carved from a Nebraska Indian reservation and deposited in Iowa. It illuminates what it means to live in a culture of property where everything must have an owner.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (212 pages)
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references (pages 177-203) and index.
ISBN:9780520918467
0520918460
0585041121
9780585041124
0520087631
9780520087637
0520207092
9780520207097
Acceso:Single user license access.