Trespassing: An Inquiry Into the Private Ownership of Land
Mitchell, John Hanson
ISBN 10: 0738201464 ISBN 13: 9780738201467
Published by Counterpoint LLC, 1999
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How did we come to adopt the strange notion of owning land?an exploration by one of Americas finest nature writers.. In 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. In 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 in
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A Thoreauvian wanderer . . . an engaging writer . . . a very big subject with serious ramifications. Washington Post Book World"
The beauty of the book also lies in Mitchell s intimacy with the tract of land the depth of the setting deepens the reader s feel for the humans that populate it. Audubon"
"A Thoreauvian wanderer . . . an engaging writer . . . a very big subject with serious ramifications."-- "Washington Post Book World"
"The beauty of the book also lies in Mitchell's intimacy with the tract of land ... the depth of the setting deepens the reader's feel for the humans that populate it."-- "Audubon"
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Publisher: Counterpoint LLC
Publication Date: 1999
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