Ezra Rosser

A Nation Within

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Addressing issues of resource exploitation and tribal sovereignty, Ezra Rosser explores the connection between land-use and development in the Navajo Nation. The book is for students, scholars, professionals, and anyone interested in Indigenous studies, the Navajo Nation, tribal economic development, and environmental and property law.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 328
• Erscheinungstermin: 7. Oktober 2021
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 22mm
• Gewicht: 629g
• ISBN-13: 9781108833936
• ISBN-10: 1108833934
• Artikelnr.: 62213048

Autorenporträt

Ezra Rosser is Professor of Law at American University Washington College of Law where he teaches Federal Indian Law, Property Law, Land Use, and Poverty Law. A graduate of Yale, Harvard, and the University of Cambridge, Ezra is a non-Indian who grew up, in part, on the Navajo Nation.

Inhaltsangabe

Preface: 1. Introduction
2. The Navajo nation
3. A new and old deal for Navajos: Oil and sheep
4. War production and growing pains: uranium and coal
5. Alternative environmental paths
6. Golf balls and discretionary funds
7. Improving tribal governance
8. Locally grounded development
9. Reclaiming the land
10. Creating space for experimentation
11. Sovereign assertions
12. Conclusion
Acknowledgments.