Land Rights, Ethno-nationality and Sovereignty in History (Routledge Explorations in Economic History)

The complex relationships between ethno-nationality, rights to land, and territorial sovereignty have long fed disputes over territorial control and landed rights between different nations, ethnicities, and religions. These disputes raise a number of interesting issues related to the nature of land regimes and to their economic and political implications. The studies drawn together in this key volume explore these and related issues for a broad variety of countries and times. They illuminate the diverse causes of ethno-national land disputes, and the different forms of adjustment and accommodation to the power differences between the contesting groups. This is done within a framework outlined by the editors in their analytical overview, which offers contours for comparative examinations of such disputes, past and present. Providing conceptual and factual analyses of comparative nature and wealth of empirical material (both historical and contemporary), this book will appeal to economic historians, economists, political scientists, sociologists, anthropologists and all scholars interested in issues concerning ethno-nationality and land rights in historical perspective. The Complex Relationships Between Ethno-nationality, Rights To Land, And Territorial Sovereignty Have Long Fed Disputes Over Territorial Control And Landed Rights Between Different Nations, Different Ethnicities, And Different Religions. These Disputes Raise A Number Of Interesting Issues Related To The Nature Of Land Regimes And To Their Economic And Political Implications. The Studies Drawn Together In This Volume Explore These And Related Issues For A Broad Variety Of Countries And Times, And Illuminate The Diverse Causes Of Ethno-national Land Disputes, And The Different Forms Of Adjustment And Accommodation To The Power Differences Between The Contesting Groups. This Is Done Within A Generalized Framework Outlined By The Editors In Their Analytical Overview, Which Offers Contours For Comparative Examinations Of Such Disputes, Past And Present. Providing Conceptual And Factual Analyses Of A Comparative Nature And A Wealth Of Empirical Material (both Historical And Contemporary), This Book Will Appeal To Economic Historians, Economists, Political Scientists, Sociologists, Anthropologists, And All Scholars Interested In Issues Concerning Ethno-nationality And Land Rights In Historical Perspective.--book Jacket. Introduction -- Pt. I. Setting The Stage. 1. Some Considerations Of Ethno-nationality (and Other Distinctions), Property Rights In Hand, And Territorial Sovereignty / Jacob Metzer And Stanley L. Engerman -- Pt. Ii. 2. Nations, Land Regime, And Territorial Sovereignty In Old And New States. 2. Were There Alternatives To Disaster? The Removal Of Indians From The Southeastern United States In The 1830s / Leonard A. Carlson -- 3. Ethno-nationality And Property Rights In Land In Prussian Polands, 1886-1918: Buying Land From Under The Pole's Feet? / Scott M. Eddie -- 4. Jewish Land-israel Lands: Ethno-nationality And Land Regime In Zionism And In Israel, 1897-1967 / Jacob Metzer -- 5. Markers And Meaning: Nationalism, Land, Property In Lithuania / Rawi Abdelal. Part Iii. Religion, Ethno-nationality, And Economics In Land Stuggles. 6. Irish Agriculture After The Land War / Cormac Ó Gráda -- 7. Land Disputes And Ethno-politics: Northwestern Anatolia, 1877-1912 / Yücel Terzibaşoğlu. Pt. Iv. Indigenous Peoples, Colonial Settlers, And Migrating Laborers: Ethnic Rivalries And Rights To Land, Past And Present. 8. Explaining Divergence In Property Rights: Fiji And Hawaiʻi In The Nineteenth Century / Sumner J. La Croix -- 9. Equals In Markets? Land Property Rights And Ethnicity In Fiji And Sri Lanka / V. Nithi Nithiyanandam And Rukmani Gounder -- 10. Indigenous Accumulation And The Question Of Land: The Kimberley Region Of Western Australia In The Second Half Of The Twentieth Century / Tony Smith -- 11. Sub-saharan Africa: Land Rights And Ethno-national Consciousness In Historically Land-abundant Economies / Gareth Austin -- 12. Ethnic Competition, And Claims To Land In South Africa: The Kat River Vally, Eastern Cape / Robert Ross. Pt. V. National Resources And The Liveihood Of Native Populations: Economy And Environment In Tradition And Modernity. 13. Survival Through Generosity: Property Rights And Hunting Practices Of Native Americans In The Subarctic Region / Ann M. Carlos And Frank D. Lewis -- 14. Owners, Intruders, And Intermediaries: The Claim For Lands Within The Mbyá-guaraní Community (valley Of Cuñapirú, Misiones, Argentina) / María Rosa Martínez, Marta Alicia Crivos, And Laura Teves -- 15. Establishing Territorial Sovereignty In Finland: The Environmental Consequences Of Ethno-nationalization Of Resource Management In Inari / Jukka Nyysönen -- Index. Edited By Stanley L. Engerman And Jacob Metzer. Includes Bibliographical References And Index. Annotation The complex relationships between ethno-nationality, rights to land, and territorial sovereignty have long fed disputes over territorial control and landed rights between different nations, ethnicities, andreligions. These disputes raise a number of interesting issues related to the nature of land regimes and to their economic and political implications. The studies drawn together in this key volume explore these and related issues for a broad variety of countries and times. Theyilluminate the diverse causes of ethno-national land disputes, and the different forms of adjustment and accommodation to the power differences between the contesting groups. This is done within a framework outlined by the editors in their analytical overview, which offers contours for comparative examinations of such disputes, past and present. Providing conceptual and factual analyses of comparative nature and wealth of empirical material (both historical and contemporary), this book will appeal to economic historians, economists, political scientists, sociologists, anthropologists and all scholars interested in issues concerning ethno-nationality and land rights in historical perspective