Table of Contents:
  • Maps and Tables; Preface; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Part 1. Private Property Rights and the Public Interest; 1. Rousseau's Revenge: The Demise of the Freehold Estate; 2. The ""Wisdom, "" but Uncertain Future, of the Wise Use Movement; 3. Private Property Rights with Responsibilities: What Would Thomas Jefferson Say about the ""Wise Use"" Movement?; 4. Turning NEPA on Its Head: Assessments That Advance Property Rights at the Expense of the Environment; Part II. Private Interests in Public Lands; 5. Land Tenure, Land Policy, and the Property Rights Debate.
  • 6. Markets and Ethics in U.S. Property Law7. Leaving the Land Behind: Struggles for Land Reform in U.S. Federal Policy, 1933-1965; 8. Ecosystem Management: Who's Entitled?; Part III. Land, Culture, and Place; 9. Cultural Dimensions of Land Tenure in the United States; 10. Forest Tenur and Cultural Landscapes: Environmental Histories in the Kickapoo Valley; 11. Land Tenure and Ecosystem Management in Indian Country; 12. The Political Economy of Land Tenure: Appalachia and the Southeast; Conclusion: Who Owns America?; Contributors; Index.