Land Power: Who Has It, Who Doesn't, and How That Determines the Fate of Societies

Land Power: Who Has It, Who Doesn't, and How That Determines the Fate of Societies - Hardcover

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Land Power: Who Has It, Who Doesn't, and How That Determines the Fate of Societies
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Land Power: Who Has It, Who Doesn't, and How That Determines the Fate of Societies - Hardcover

Land Power: Who Has It, Who Doesn't, and How That Determines the Fate of Societies - Hardcover

by Michael Albertus
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Book Overview

An award-winning political scientist shows that a society's path to prosperity, sustainability, and equality depends on who owns the land

"Fascinating...a must read." --Thomas Piketty, New York Times-bestselling author of Capital in the Twenty-First Century

A New Yorker Best Book of the Year

For millennia, land has been a symbol of wealth and privilege. But the true power of land ownership is even greater than we might think. In Land Power, political scientist Michael Albertus shows that who owns the land determines whether a society will be equal or unequal, whether it will develop or decline, and whether it will safeguard or sacrifice its environment.

Modern history has been defined by land reallocation on a massive scale. From the 1500s on, European colonial powers and new nation-states shifted indigenous lands into the hands of settlers. The 1900s brought new waves of land appropriation, from Soviet and Maoist collectivization to initiatives turning large estates over to family farmers. The shuffle continues today as governments vie for power and prosperity by choosing who should get land. Drawing on a career's worth of original research and on-the-ground fieldwork, Albertus shows that choices about who owns the land have locked in poverty, sexism, racism, and climate crisis--and that what we do with the land today can change our collective fate.

Global in scope, Land Power argues that saving civilization must begin with the earth under our feet.
ISBN9781541604810
Author Michael Albertus
PublisherBasic Books
GenreNews & politics and History
FormatHardcover
PublishedJanuary 2025
LanguageENG- English
Pages336
Weight1.0 lb
Target AudienceAdults
Print SizeStandard Print

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