Westward in Eden: The Public Lands and the Conservation Movement

William K. Wyant

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Westward in Eden

The Public Lands and the Conservation Movement

William K. Wyant

Language: English

Published/Copyright: 2023

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This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press’s mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact. Drawing on a backlist dating to 1893, Voices Revived makes high-quality, peer-reviewed scholarship accessible once again using print-on-demand technology. This title was originally published in 1982.

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Wyant William K. :

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Business and Economics Political Economics History of Economics

Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	I
CONTENTS Publicly Available Download PDF	IX
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS Publicly Available Download PDF	XI
PROLOGUE: FROM SEATO SEA Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	1
1. The Public Lands Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	8
2. Land Grabbers, the Law, and the Prophets Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	32
3. Congress Guards the Land Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	54
4. The Fall of Albert B. Fall Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	82
5. The Federal Sentinels Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	100
6. Winnowing the Laws Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	126
7. The Bowels of the Earth Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	160
8. Pennsylvania, Texas, and Big Oil Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	194
9. Tidelands and the Outer Shelf Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	218
10. The Public's Coal, Natural Gas, and Oil Shale Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	236
11. Fallen Timber Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	264
12. Come Blow Your Horn Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	302
13. To Have and to Hold Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	332
14. A Pilgrim's Progress Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	366
15. Oil, Ice, and Politics Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	390
16. Carving the Last Melon Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	424
Epilogue: Looking to the Future Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	446
NOTES Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	463
BIBLIOGRAPHY Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	499
INDEX Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	519

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November 15, 2023

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9780520329096

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Reprint 2020

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550

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https://doi.org/10.1525/9780520329096

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economic history; economics; history; social history

Westward in Eden

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