History of public land law development

by Paul Wallace Gates

including preemption

828 pages, Unknown Binding

Published January 1, 1987

About the author

Paul Wallace Gates (1901–1999) was a professor of history and general historian who is widely considered to be the foremost authority on the history of federal land policy in the United States. Gates wrote 10 books and 75 academic articles, and his magnum opus was History of Public Land Law Development.