Owning the earth : the transforming history of land ownership /: the transforming history of land ownership. (2013)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Andro Linklater.
• Authors: Linklater, Andro
• Contents: Introduction: the birth of a revolution -- A new way of owning the earth -- The concept -- The rights and politics of owning the earth -- The rights of private property -- The two capitalisms -- The morality of property -- The alternative to private property -- What came before -- The peasants -- Autocratic ownership -- The equilibrium of land ownership -- The society that prive property created -- Land becomes mind -- The independence of private property -- The challenge to private property -- The triumph of individual ownership -- The evolution of property -- The empire of property -- The end of serfdom and slavery -- The crisis of capitalism -- The threat to democracy -- State capitalism -- The Cold war -- The end of land reform -- Rostow's legacy -- The experiment that failed -- The economics of the industrial home -- Undoing the damage -- Feeding the future -- Epilogue.
• Publisher Details: New York : Bloomsbury USA
• Publication Date: 2013
• Extent: 1 online resource (viii, 482 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates), illustrations, maps
• Subjects: 333.309; History -- Civilization; Land tenure -- History; Land tenure; History -- Social History; History; Electronic books; History
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781620402900; 1620402904
• Related ISBNs: 9781620402894; 1620402890
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Description based on print version record.
• Access Rights: Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
• Access Usage: Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force.