TY - JOUR
AU - Guice, John D. W.
AB - Comparative/World 1127 acteristic walk and goose-stepping soldiers are tren- reforms; a final chapter on reallocation and an epi- chant and illuminating, as are his extended discussions logue treating contemporary conditions comprise part of Thoreau, military and ceremonial parades, and three. Indeed, the organization of the book reflects its protest marching. He mentions Victorian-era race author’s ability to conceptualize, compartmentalize, walking but barely notes golf, once the quintessential and to demonstrate ideologies with anecdotal evi- walking game. There is virtually no discussion of dence. snowshoeing or skiing. He carefully examines the Although Spain, Portugal, France, Germany, the changes in urban design that permitted and encour- Netherlands, and Russia reflected their own perspec- aged walking while at the same time providing the tives on land acquisition, British and American ideas state with an environment suitable for managing urban and practices influenced innovations near the end of crowds that could—and did—use the streets to chal- the great land rush. Weaver cites an array of examples lenge governments. to illustrate the variations in ideas about the origins, Illustrations, maps, and diagrams would have greatly organization, and rationales of property rights before enhanced this work, but alas, there are none. Amato elaborating on the 
TI - John C. Weaver. The Great Land Rush and the Making of the Modern World, 1650–1900. Ithaca, N.Y.: McGill‐Queen's University Press. 2003. Pp. x, 497. $39.95
JF - The American Historical Review
DO - 10.1086/ahr.110.4.1127
DA - 2005-10-01
UR - https://www.deepdyve.com/lp/oxford-university-press/john-c-weaver-the-great-land-rush-and-the-making-of-the-modern-world-D18bJhiqCE
SP - 1127
EP - 1128
VL - 110
IS - 4
DP - DeepDyve
ER -