John Adamson

Has land ownership changed our lives for better or for worse?

It made Britain a world power, but unleashed the kind of greed that led to the wolves of Wall Street, according to the late great Andro Linklater in Owning the Earth

A long caravan trail of pioneers crosses virgin plains beneath the Rockies to the dismay of two native Indians by N. Currier and J.M. Ives, 1866 
issue 08 February 2014
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  • Owning the Earth: The Transforming History of Land Ownership

    Andro Linklater

    Bloomsbury, pp. 483

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