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The new enclosure : the appropriation of public land in neoliberal Britain / Brett Christophers.
Lippincott Library HD596 .C477 2018
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Christophers, Brett, 1971- author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Public land sales.
- Great Britain.
- Public lands--Great Britain.
- Public lands.
- Land tenure--Great Britain.
- Land tenure.
- Public land sales--Great Britain.
- Physical Description:
- xviii, 362 pages : illustrations, charts ; 25 cm
- Place of Publication:
- London ; Brooklyn, NY : Verso, 2018.
- Contents:
- Introduction
- A special and finite commodity: why land and landownership matter
- Landownership in Britain: a brief history
- Discourses of surplus and efficiency: preparing the land for sale
- Carrots and sticks: privatizing the land
- False promises: land privatization outcomes
- Conclusion: where now?
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the John Lammey Stewart Memorial Library Fund.
- ISBN:
- 9781786631589
- 178663158X
- OCLC:
- 1023053645
- Publisher Number:
- 99978978880
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