Colonial Lives of Property w/ Brenna Bhandar
The Dig
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The Importance of Property Law in the Capitalist World System
Possession of land was and remains the ultimate objective of colonial power. Property law is the primary means of realizing this desire. The control over land is in a way the most basic and fundamental beginning of colonial rule. And so we can think about this right from the late 15th century with Spanish and Portuguese colonialism.
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