Commoners : Common Right, Enclosure and Social Change in England, 1700-1820

Author: J. M. Neeson, Lyndal Roper
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ISBN: 0521567742
Publisher: Cambridge University Press (26 January, 1996)
Sales Rank: 579,411
Average Customer Rating: 5 out of 5

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Rating: 5 out of 5
Revolutionary
I found this well researched book fascinating. I have never before read a non-fiction work in one sitting (Then I reread it taking notes). This work undermines (without ever saying so ) many of the cultural myths that drive our current economy. Commons have been viable and sustainable economies and cultures. I should also add that as an avid science fiction reader I found a description of as alien a society as any I have otherwise read about.

Rating: 5 out of 5
Commoners -- by Prof. J.M. Neeson
According to E.P. Thompson (Customs in Common) best work on the subject -- and if not the only then certainly the most important. Sorry, I'm not an academic, just a student. For an insightful review, please look in a history journal.

Rating: 5 out of 5
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