The government took an hands-off position during the enclosures. The gentry had game wardens and others to enforce the disposession, which worked because each land theft was local..I never heard much about armed peasants trying to protect their land.
On Tue, Jul 28, 2015 at 5:59 PM, nathan tankus < [email protected]> wrote: > skeptical but also saw it as useful no? When it came to creating laborers > free from property the were very happy to use state intervention. My > impression from reading your book is they were skeptical of government > until a practical political use of government emerged. > > -- > -Nathan Tankus > > ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > _______________________________________________ > pen-l mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.csuchico.edu/mailman/listinfo/pen-l > > -- Michael Perelman Economics Department California State University Chico, CA 95929 530 898 5321 fax 530 898 5901 http://michaelperelman.wordpress.com
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