Abstract
Public Values Private Lands: Farmland Preservation Policy, 1933-1985, by Tim Lehman. Chapel Hill: The University of North Carolina Press, 1995. Reviewed by John C. Allen
Highlights
These arguments, according to Lehman, led political figures to support land use planning
Public Values Private Lands is a must read for individuals interested in the structure of agriculture, environmental legislation, or political science focusing on regulation
The New Deal was a “sad story” of what might have been, according to Lehman. He argues that the primary impetus for the New Deal land use reform was a natural outcome of historical agricultural production practices that resulted in soil exploitation
Summary
These arguments, according to Lehman, led political figures to support land use planning. Public Values Private Lands is a must read for individuals interested in the structure of agriculture, environmental legislation, or political science focusing on regulation. These include “The Rise and Fall of the New Deal,” “Agricultural Land Use Planning;” “The Reemergence of Agricultural Conservation;” “Farmland Protection on the Federal Agenda and Farmland Protection in Congress;” and “The National Agricultural Lands Study.” Each chapter, as it develops, is linked to the book's core question: If private land has inherent public values, how is it to be governed in a society that resists regulatory controls?
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