Open spaces, open rebellions : the war over America's public lands /
Michael J. Makley.
- Amherst : University of Massachusetts Press, (c)2017.
- 1 online resource (xi, 153 pages) : illustrations.
Includes bibliographies and index.
Introduction -- Creating the federal domain -- Interior battles -- Rangeland battles -- Multiple use -- The radical new conservation -- The Sagebrush rebellion begins -- Harnessing forces -- Fracturing policies -- Inciting the populace -- County versus federal government -- Extinguished rights -- Pursuing ideology in the courts -- Pursuing ideology with guns -- Opaque governance -- Differing values -- Conclusion.
9781613765500
Public lands--History.--United States Land use--Government policy--History.--United States Land use--Government policy. Public lands.