The War Against the Commons: Dispossession and Resistance in the Making of Capitalism

by Ian Angus

Book Overview

A unique historical account of poor peoples' self-defence strategies in the face of the plunder of their lands and labor

For five centuries, the development of capitalism has been inextricably connected to the expropriation of working people from the land they depended on for subsistence. Through ruling class assaults known as enclosures or clearances, shared common land became privately-owned capital, and peasant farmers became...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 168590016X
• ISBN13: 9781685900168
• Release Date: May 2023
• Publisher: Monthly Review Press
• Length: 248 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 8.1" x 5.4"