Relevant to many fields including institutional economics, political science, anthropology, sociology and social psychology, this text handles the thorny issue of property rights and ethno-nationality.

The complex relationships between ethno-nationality, rights to land, and territorial sovereignty have long fed disputes over territorial control and landed rights between different nations, different ethnicities, and different religions. These disputes raise a number of interesting issues. The studies drawn together in this volume explore these and related issues for a broad variety of countries and times and illuminate the diverse causes of ethno-national land disputes, and the different forms of adjustment and accommodation to the power differences between the contesting groups. The is done within a generalized framework outlined by the editors in their analytical overview, which offers contours for comparative examinations of such disputes, past and present. Providing conceptual and factual analysis of a comparative nature and wealth of empirical material (both historical and contemporary), this book will appeal to economic historians, economists, political scientists, sociologists, anthropologists and all scholars interested in issues concerning ethno-nationality and land rights in historical perspective.

Introduction Part 1: Setting the Stage Part 2: Nations, Land Regime, and Territorial Sovereignty in Old and New States Part 3: Religion, Ethno-Nationality, and Economics in Land Struggles Part 4: Indigenous Peoples, Colonial Settlers, and Migrating Laborers: Ethnic Rivalries and Rights to Land, Past and Present Part 5: Natural Resources and the Livelihood of Native Populations: Economy and Environment in Tradition and Modernity