Land ownership
The United States and Britain have been shaped by very different attitudes to land as property.
Laurie Taylor marches across the USA with Andro Linklater and Kevin Cahill to discover how an English idea underpinned the development of the world’s first land-owning democracy while, back home, our own pattern of land ownership would still look familiar William the Conqueror.
Additional information
Kevin Cahill
Who Owns Britain
Canongate Books
ISBN: 1841953105
During his interview Kevin referred to something he called the real Doomsday book. It is in fact: The Return of Owners of Land, in England, Scotland, Ireland and Wales and is also known as The Second Doomsday Book or New Doomsday. It was commissioned by Parliament as a result of a debate in the House of Lords on the 19 February 1872 and published in 4 volumes over the next two years. A copy is in most local reference libraries and is available on request. However if you are interested in following up your own family history you might be better to approach good reference or university libraries, as they hold the book on microfiche amongst the parliamentary papers and you will be allowed to make copies.
Andro Linklater
Measuring America
Harper Collins
ISBN: 0007108877
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