Full Description
This edited collection explores the many ways in which diverse individuals and groups—such as state and federal managers, First Peoples, ranchers, miners, oil and gas extraction industries, sports enthusiasts, environmentalists, local residents, and tourists—actively negotiate, contest, and collaborate on issues regarding public lands in the American West. Tracing these ever-morphing alliances and antagonisms, this volume highlights the recurring patterns within this diverse array of social actors.
Contents
Chapter 1: Public Lands through the Prism of Senses of Place
Part II: Exploring Senses of Place
Chapter 2: The New Wild West: Range War as Revitalization Movement
Chapter 3: Public Land, Place, and Shadow Displacement in Rural Utah
Bruce R. Tebbs and James H. McDonald
Chapter 4: Claiming the Los Angeles River for "The Public," By Boat and By Permit
Chapter 5: Chile and New Mexico: Identity, Difference, and Place
Part III: Practices and Contexts of Collaboration and Conflict
Chapter 6: A Reckoning of the Nuclear West
Chapter 7: Public Lands Security: The Dispute over Federal versus Local Law Enforcement
Chapter 8: Restoring Wild Bison to the Heart of Cattle Country: Yellowstone's Political Firestorm
Chapter 9: Through a Forest Wilderness:" Native American Environmental Management at Yosemite and Contested Conservation Values in America's National Parks
Chapter 10: Nature's Belonging: Landscapes, Conservation, and the Cultural Politics of Place in the Great Basin
