Robbing the soil, 2: ‘Systematic theft of communal property’
#Origins of #capitalist #agriculture: In two great waves of #social #change, #landlords and capitalist #farmers “conquered the field for capitalist agriculture, #incorporated the #soil into #capital, and created for the #urban #industries the necessary supplies of #free and #rightless #proletarians.”
#IanAngus #angus #robbingthesoil #systematic #theft #communal #property #food #farming #history #inequality #class #metabolicrift #agrarian #capitalism #ketts #rebellion #tudor #england #enclosure #depopulation #rural #life #land #karlmarx #marx
