The Social Lives of Land
The Social Lives of Land

Author: Michael Goldman

Publisher: Cornell University Press

Published: 2024-06-15

Total Pages: 240

ISBN-13: 1501771817

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From the shaping of new homelands in the Cherokee Nation to the export of sand from Cambodia to shore up urban expansion in Singapore, The Social Lives of Land reveals the dynamics of contemporary social and political change. The editors of this volume bring together contributions from across multiple disciplines and geographic locations. The contributions showcase novel theoretical and empirical insights, analyzing how people are living on, with, and from their land. From Mozambique to India, Indonesia, Ecuador, and the colonial United States, the scholars in this collection uncover histories and retell stories with a focus on the lived experiences of rural and urban land dispossession and repossession. Contributors: Kati Álvarez, Clint Carroll, Flora Lu, Richard Mbunda, Gregg Mitman, Paul Nadasdy, Robert Nichols, Andrew Ofstehage, Laura Schoenberger, Kirsteen Shields, Emmanuel Sulle, Erik Swyngedouw, Gabriela Valdivia, Katherine Verdery, Callum Ward, Ciara Wirth, Emmanuel King Urey Yarkpawolo

American Nightmare
American Nightmare

Author: Randal O'Toole

Publisher: Cato Institute

Published: 2012-05-16

Total Pages: 340

ISBN-13: 1937184897

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The American Dream turned into a nightmare when the housing bubble burst, and people have been trying to figure out who to blame- Greedy bankers? Corrupt politicians? Ignorant homeowners? In American Nightmare: How Government Undermines the Dream of Homeownership, Randal O'Toole explores the forces at play in the housing market and shows how we can rebuild the American dream of homeownership by eliminating federal, state, and local policies that distort the free market for housing.

The Preferential Treatment of the Actual Settler in the Primary Disposition of the Vacant Lands in the United States to 1841
The Preferential Treatment of the Actual Settler in the Primary Disposition of the Vacant Lands in the United States to 1841

Author: Henry Tatter

Publisher: Tatter Dissertations

Published: 1979

Total Pages: 426

ISBN-13: 9780405113673

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The author provides a comprehensive outline of the legal rights of the frontier settler in the acquisition of the fee simple title to a limited quantity of unappropriated vacant land during the period up to 1841 in the United States. These rights were the basis for future mineral laws and the Homestead Act.