Federal ground : governing property and violence in the first U.S. territories /
Ablavsky, Gregory,
Federal ground : governing property and violence in the first U.S. territories / Gregory Ablavsky. - 1 online resource (360 pages) : illustrations (black and white, and colour), maps (black and white, and colour). - Oxford legal history series Oxford scholarship online . - Oxford legal history series. Oxford scholarship online. .
Also issued in print: 2021.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Federal Ground shows how the federal government gained authority in a borderland that many groups made their own claims to control. Although on paper the federal government enjoyed almost exclusive control over the territories, it actually gained authority because territorial residents wanted things from this new federal government - confirmation of rights to land, to jurisdiction, to money. Often, those residents - Native peoples, Anglo-American settlers, French villagers - were able to successfully exploit the federal government. But they became increasingly reliant on that government in the process, couching their claims in the language of federal law and turning to federal officials to claim rights.
Specialized.
9780190905729 (ebook) : No price
Public lands--History.--United States
Land tenure--Law and legislation--History.--United States
Land titles--States--History.--United States
KF5605 / .A73 2021
346.73044
Federal ground : governing property and violence in the first U.S. territories / Gregory Ablavsky. - 1 online resource (360 pages) : illustrations (black and white, and colour), maps (black and white, and colour). - Oxford legal history series Oxford scholarship online . - Oxford legal history series. Oxford scholarship online. .
Also issued in print: 2021.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Federal Ground shows how the federal government gained authority in a borderland that many groups made their own claims to control. Although on paper the federal government enjoyed almost exclusive control over the territories, it actually gained authority because territorial residents wanted things from this new federal government - confirmation of rights to land, to jurisdiction, to money. Often, those residents - Native peoples, Anglo-American settlers, French villagers - were able to successfully exploit the federal government. But they became increasingly reliant on that government in the process, couching their claims in the language of federal law and turning to federal officials to claim rights.
Specialized.
9780190905729 (ebook) : No price
Public lands--History.--United States
Land tenure--Law and legislation--History.--United States
Land titles--States--History.--United States
KF5605 / .A73 2021
346.73044
