Stop, Thief! The Commons, Enclosures, and Resistance |
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| Author:
| Linebaugh, Peter |
| Series title: | Spectre Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-1-60486-901-9 |
| Publication Date: | Mar 2014 |
| Publisher: | PM Press
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| Book Format: | Ebook |
| List Price: | USD $9.99 |
Book Description:
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In this tour de force, celebrated historian Peter Linebaugh takes aim at the thieves of land, the polluters of the seas, the ravagers of the forests, the despoilers of rivers and the removers of mountaintops. Scarcely a society has existed that has not had commoning at its heart. These essays kindle the embers of memory to ignite our future commons. From Thomas Paine to the Luddites, from Karl Marx to the practical dreamer William Morris, to the 20th-century communist historian E.P....
More DescriptionIn this tour de force, celebrated historian Peter Linebaugh takes aim at the thieves of land, the polluters of the seas, the ravagers of the forests, the despoilers of rivers and the removers of mountaintops. Scarcely a society has existed that has not had commoning at its heart. These essays kindle the embers of memory to ignite our future commons. From Thomas Paine to the Luddites, from Karl Marx to the practical dreamer William Morris, to the 20th-century communist historian E.P. Thompson, Linebaugh brings to life the vital commonist tradition.