The Story of Land (Book)

A World History of Land Tenure and Agrarian Reform

Author(s): Powelson, John P.
Publication Date: May 1988

$15.00; 347 pages; Inventory ID 218-9; English; Hardcover; ISBN 978-0-89946-218-9

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Abstract

How did our current understanding of land ownership arise in different parts of the world? This book traces the evolving rights and obligations linked to the land and its various uses, spanning the centuries from ancient Mesopotamia, Egypt, Greece and Rome to the modern era in Europe, Latin America, Africa and Asia.