This book provides new insight into the high-stakes struggle to control land in the Global South through the lens of land titling in Zambia and Senegal. Based o

This volume renews the political sociology of land. Chapters examine dynamics of political control and contention in a range of settings, including land grabs i

The Color of the Land brings the histories of Creek Indians, African Americans, and whites in Oklahoma together into one story that explores the way races and n

After the American Civil War, agricultural reformers in the South called for an end to unrestricted grazing of livestock on unfenced land. They advocated the st

When and why do countries redistribute land to the landless? What political purposes does land reform serve, and what place does it have in today's world? A lon