ISBN: 9780201442144 - trespassing: an inquiry into the private ownership of land (12 Ergebnisse)

Hardback. Zustand: Good. 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. …

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. No Jacket. Missing dust jacket; May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. No Jacket. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. No Jacket. May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. No Jacket. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Zustand: Good. Pages intact with minimal writing/highlighting. The binding may be loose and creased. Dust jackets/supplements are not included. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.

Zustand: Very Good. Pages intact with possible writing/highlighting. Binding strong with minor wear. Dust jackets/supplements may not be included. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. First Edition. First Edition, First Printing. Published by Perseus Books, 1998. Octavo. Hardcover. Book is very good. Dust jacket is very good, with some shelf/edgewear.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Printing April 1998. 295 pp. Solidly bound copy with minimal external wear, crisp pages and clean text. No dj. Suzanne Heiser (Jacket Design) (illustrator).

Hardcover. Zustand: Fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Near Fine. First Edition. First edition. Fine in near fine dust jacket. Review copy. Pages clean. Spine ends lightly bumped. Bottom corners on cover slightly bumped. Small tear on bottom corner on rear dust jacket.

hardcover. Zustand: New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title.

Hardcover. Zustand: New. How did we come to adopt the strange notion of owning land? -- an exploration by one of America's finest nature writersIn this Richly Entertaining Story that reaches back to the beginning of British common law and up to the most recent Supreme Court 'takings' decisions, John Mitchell reveals how we came to accept a system of private ownership. Building upon the heartbreaking story of a tribe of 'praying Indians' who bought into the colonists' legal system and settled their own 2000-acre tract, only to be dispossessed and herded into a detention camp, he explores every variation on this important theme.An hilarious visit to the Mitchell ancestral manor in Scotland, a brilliant panorama of the single vast grid into which we carved the great plains and mountains of the West, a surreal excursion to a Native American reservation now developed into a mammoth casino, and suspenseful encounters between developers and conservationists -- these are among the highlights of a truly original and timely book.…