Public lands ranching: Is it a harmless, romantic, remnant of the Old West? Or is it the rural West's most destructive influence? Controversy rages & continues to spread. Some are saying this will be the next major environmental struggle in the Western United States. "Wate of the West" is-- & probably will remain--the most complete account of public lands ranching ever assembled. With easy-reading text & more than 1000 photos, drawings, cartoons, graphs, & charts on 600 (8 1/2" x 11") pages, Lynn Jacobs explores every facet ...
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Public lands ranching: Is it a harmless, romantic, remnant of the Old West? Or is it the rural West's most destructive influence? Controversy rages & continues to spread. Some are saying this will be the next major environmental struggle in the Western United States. "Wate of the West" is-- & probably will remain--the most complete account of public lands ranching ever assembled. With easy-reading text & more than 1000 photos, drawings, cartoons, graphs, & charts on 600 (8 1/2" x 11") pages, Lynn Jacobs explores every facet of this obscure yet vitally important issue. Chapters: introduce public lands ranching & describe its historic & present situations; detail its economic ("welfare ranching"), political, social/cultural, & (especially) environmental impacts; discuss livestock abuse; take a global livestock-production tour; discredit the many excuses stockmen use to justify their 100-year reign over the rural West; predict the future; present alternatives; & provide many ideas on what people can do to help end this destructive & unjust situation. Final pages offer ideas for activism, contacts, public lands ranching statistics, inspirational quotations, a 500-source bibliography, & a thorough index. "Waste of the West" is for people who care about Nature. As much as an eye-opening educational tool, it is a call to action.
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Good. Paperback; fading and edge wear to exterior; corners of cover creased and c urling slightly; light soiling to page edges; otherwise in good condition w ith clean text, firm binding.
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Very Good. Size: 13x10x1; Minor shelf wear to binding with bumps, scuffs & creases. Light wear & soiling on edges of text block. Signed by author on title page. Text and images unmarked. **Please note: book is oversized and heavy, and will require substantial additional shipping fees to international or expedited addresses. **
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Signed by author on title page. "Stockmen use 70% of the American West for raising livestock, and most of this land is owned by the public." A activist's manifesto, complete with index and thorough bibliography. This is an unused book from the warehouse of a former new-book distributor.
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Very Good. 1st printing. 4to pictorial wraps. 602pp. Illus. Bibliography. Errata slip. Signed by Jacobs. A huge work & one that probably could not be ignored by friend or foe alike. Vg. Minor cover creases. Rather scarce in 1st pr.
