Necessary Fraud: Progressive Reform And Utah Coal Unknown - 1996

University of Oklahoma Press, September 1996. Hardcover. Like New/As New.

University of Oklahoma Press, 1996. Hardcover. Good. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

Norman, OK: University of Oklahoma Press, 1996. 1st ptg.. hardcover. Book: Very Good/DJ: Very Good. 8vo.. 319 pp. 6 3/8 x 9 . Gray cloth covered boards, stamped in red on spine. Gray glossy wraps.

University of Oklahoma Press. Used - Very Good. Used book that is in excellent condition. May show signs of wear or have minor defects.

University of Oklahoma Press. Used - Very Good. Former library book; may include library markings. Used book that is in excellent condition. May show signs of wear or have minor defects.

Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1996. 319pp. Index. Light wear.. Hb. VG/VG.

1st printing. Fine hardcover in Fine DJ. Bright, clean, square covers and spine are As New; ; tightly bound; bright, crisp, clean interior. DJ is bright, clean and complete; minor crease on fold-in flap. 8vo, 319 pp; index, biblio; illustrated.

Fine hardcover in Fine DJ. 1st printing of 1st edition. Bright, clean, square covers and spine are As New; tightly bound; bright, crisp, clean interior. DJ is bright, clean and complete. 8vo, 319 pp; index, biblio; illustrated.

Norman and London: University of Oklahoma Press, 1996. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. As New/As New. First printing (Review copy). Grey textured covers in a grey pictorial dust jacket. 8vo, 319 pages.

Norman, OK: University of Oklahoma Press. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 1996. First Edition. Hardcover. 0806128186 . Signed by author. Text is clean. Book and DJ show virtually no wear. DJ placed inside protective archival sleeve. ; From dust jacket flap: In the late 1800s and early 1900s, the State of Utah was the federal choice for what was intended to be a definitive antitrust suit aimed at quelling the power of western railroads over coal lands in the diminishing public domain. The government did not achieve this primary objective, but through decades of litigation it did force the passage of a realistic coal-land law and develop precedents for its application. Using century-old photographs and copious documentation, Nancy J. Taniguchi creates a legal history of land fraud in Utah's turn-of-the-century coal fields that intertwines national, regional, and local events. Necessary Fraud transcends parachialism to become a compelling exposition on the era of progressive reform. ; Legal… Leer más