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- catalog abstract ""The Great Land Rush and the Making of the Modern World, 1650-1900 describes European appropriation and distribution of land in the new world. Integrating the often violent history of colonization of this period and the ensuing emergence of property rights with an examination of the decline of an aristocratic ruling class and the growth of democracy and the market economy, John Weaver describes how the landscapes of North America, Australia, New Zealand, and South Africa were transformed by the pursuit of resources. He underscores the tragic history of the indigenous peoples of these regions and shows how they lost "possession" of their land to newly formed governments made up of Europeans with European interests at heart. Weaver shows that the enormous efforts involved in defining and registering large numbers of newly carved-out parcels of property for reallocation during the Great Land Rush were instrumental in the emergence of much stronger concepts of property rights and argues that the period was marked by a complete disregard for previous notions of restraint on dreams of unlimited material prosperity."--BOOK JACKET.".
- catalog contributor b12785131.
- catalog coverage "United States Territorial expansion.".
- catalog coverage "États-Unis Expansion territoriale.".
- catalog created "c2003.".
- catalog date "2003".
- catalog date "c2003.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "c2003.".
- catalog description ""The Great Land Rush and the Making of the Modern World, 1650-1900 describes European appropriation and distribution of land in the new world. Integrating the often violent history of colonization of this period and the ensuing emergence of property rights with an examination of the decline of an aristocratic ruling class and the growth of democracy and the market economy, John Weaver describes how the landscapes of North America, Australia, New Zealand, and South Africa were transformed by the pursuit of resources. He underscores the tragic history of the indigenous peoples of these regions and shows how they lost "possession" of their land to newly formed governments made up of Europeans with European interests at heart. Weaver shows that the enormous efforts involved in defining and registering large numbers of newly carved-out parcels of property for reallocation during the Great Land Rush were instrumental in the emergence of much stronger concepts of property rights and argues that the period was marked by a complete disregard for previous notions of restraint on dreams of unlimited material prosperity."--BOOK JACKET.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references and index.".
- catalog description "Introduction: Arranging New Worlds -- Scanning the Horizon -- Concepts: Empires and Perspectives on Land -- Property Rights: Origins, Organization, and Rationales -- Parameters: Places, Shapes, Scale, and Velocity -- An Appetite for Land -- Acquisition: Uprooting Native Title -- Allocation by Rank: Landed Estates and Citizen Speculators -- Allocation by Market: The Geometry and Ledgers of Assurance -- Allocation by Initiative: Landhunters, Squatters, Grazers -- Reapportioning the Pieces -- Reallocation: Breaking Up Big Estates and Squeezing Margins -- Epilogue: The Modern World Surveyed.".
- catalog extent "x, 497 p. :".
- catalog identifier "0773525270".
- catalog issued "2003".
- catalog issued "c2003.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Montreal ; Ithaca : McGill-Queen's University Press,".
- catalog spatial "Grande-Bretagne".
- catalog spatial "Great Britain".
- catalog spatial "United States Territorial expansion.".
- catalog spatial "États-Unis Expansion territoriale.".
- catalog subject "323.4/6/09171241 21".
- catalog subject "Colonisation Histoire.".
- catalog subject "Colonisation intérieure Grande-Bretagne Colonies Histoire.".
- catalog subject "Colonization History.".
- catalog subject "Droit de propriété Grande-Bretagne Colonies Histoire.".
- catalog subject "JV105 .W35 2003".
- catalog subject "Land settlement Colonies Great Britain History.".
- catalog subject "Land settlement Great Britain Colonies History.".
- catalog subject "Land tenure Colonies Great Britain History.".
- catalog subject "Land tenure Great Britain Colonies History.".
- catalog subject "Propriété foncière Grande-Bretagne Colonies Histoire.".
- catalog subject "Right of property Colonies Great Britain History.".
- catalog subject "Right of property Great Britain Colonies History.".
- catalog tableOfContents "Introduction: Arranging New Worlds -- Scanning the Horizon -- Concepts: Empires and Perspectives on Land -- Property Rights: Origins, Organization, and Rationales -- Parameters: Places, Shapes, Scale, and Velocity -- An Appetite for Land -- Acquisition: Uprooting Native Title -- Allocation by Rank: Landed Estates and Citizen Speculators -- Allocation by Market: The Geometry and Ledgers of Assurance -- Allocation by Initiative: Landhunters, Squatters, Grazers -- Reapportioning the Pieces -- Reallocation: Breaking Up Big Estates and Squeezing Margins -- Epilogue: The Modern World Surveyed.".
- catalog title "The great land rush and the making of the modern world, 1650-1900 / John C. Weaver.".
- catalog type "text".