Mining sacred space: Law's enactment of competing ontologies in the American West

Environment and Planning A

Volumn 44, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1443-1458

  Benson, Melinda Harm ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

Author keywords

American West; Legal geography; Legal studies; Mining; Ontology; Property

Indexed keywords

LEGISLATION; MINING; OWNERSHIP; PROPERTY RIGHTS; URANIUM;

NEW MEXICO; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84864406528     PISSN: 0308518X     EISSN: 14723409     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1068/a44579     Document Type: Article

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