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Record Nr.

UNINA9910821926903321

Autore

Mitchell John Hanson

Titolo

Trespassing : an inquiry into the private ownership of land / / John Hanson Mitchell

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Hanover, New Hampshire ; ; London, [England] : , : University Press of New England, , 1995

©1995

Edizione

[First University Press of New England paperback edition.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (322 p.)

Disciplina

333.3097444

Soggetti

Right of property - Massachusetts - Littleton (Town) - History

Commons - Massachusetts - Littleton (Town) - History

Land tenure - Law and legislation - Massachusetts - Littleton (Town) - History

Littleton (Mass. : Town) History

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Half-title; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Preface to the New Edition; Acknowledgments; Chronology; Players; Prologue; ONE: A Certain Tract of Land; TWO: Owners and Outcasts; THREE: Should Trees Have Standing?; FOUR: The Cords of Christ's Tent; FIVE: To Have and to Hold; SIX: Common Ground; SEVEN: Cross-Lot Walking; EIGHT: Terra Nullius; NINE: Holding Ground; TEN: Out of the Quiver of the Scriptures; ELEVEN: The Last of the Commons; TWELVE: Islands of the Dead; THIRTEEN: Who Really Owns North America ?; FOURTEEN: The Tawny Vermin; FIFTEEN: Their Heirs and Assigns Forever

SIXTEEN: The Intelligence of SalamandersSEVENTEEN: The Landing; EIGHTEEN: Drawn and Quartered; Epilogue

Sommario/riassunto

An exploration of the various systems of land control and the evolution of private property