American Property
- ISBN-10
- 0674060822
- ISBN-13
- 9780674060821
- Category
- Law
- Pages
- 375
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2011-07-01
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press
- Author
- Stuart Banner
Description
What is property? Stuart Banner here offers a guided tour through the many manifestations, and innumerable uses, of property throughout American history. From indigenous culture to our genes, from one’s celebrity to Internet content, American Property reveals how our ideas of ownership evolve to suit our ever-changing needs.
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- 2011-03
- 375 pages
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