Class Meets Land - Luca Ruggiero

Class Meets Land Reveals Something Seemingly Counterintuitive: That Nineteenth-century Class Struggles Over Land Are Deeply Implicated In The Transition To Twenty-first-century Financial Capitalism. Challenging Our Understanding Of Land Financialization As A Recent Phenomenon Propelled By High Finance, Maria Kaika And Luca Ruggiero Foreground 150 Years Of Class Struggle Over Land As A Catalyst For Assembling The Global Financial Constellation. Narrating The Close-knit Histories Of Industrial Land, Industrial Elites, And The Working Class, The Authors A Novel Understanding Of Land Financialization As A Lived Process: The Outcome Of A Relentless, Socially Embodied Historical Unfolding, In Which Shifts In Lands Material, Economic, And Symbolic Roles Impact Both Local Everyday Lives And Global Capital Flows.