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This is the history of enclosure of the commons since the beginning of capitalism
by z3ugma 2mo ago
This is the history of enclosure of the commons since the beginning of capitalism
- Varelion 2mo agoI'm sorry, is there further reading material on this? I am pretty new to political/economic science.
- geye1234 2mo agoLook up the English Enclosure acts. They brought about a large-scale robbery of peasants by landowners in the 17th and 18th centuries, and created a proletarian class that needed factory work to survive. Things got a little better in the 19th and especially 20th centuries.
- Varelion 2mo agoWill do, thank you!
- z3ugma 2mo agohttps://www.progress.org/wiki/enclosure/ https://www.progress.org/wiki/enclosure/ https://www.thelandmagazine.org.uk/articles/short-history-enclosure-britain https://www.thelandmagazine.org.uk/articles/short-history-en...