Water, Land, and Law in the West: The Limits of Public Policy, 1850-1920 (Development of Western Resources)

"Pisani has proven himself to be one of the nation's most thoughtful and meticulous scholars of natural resource law and its history. This book gathers together his most important essays. It is a collection that every student of American conservation policy will want to own". -- William J. Cronon, author of Nature's Metropolis.