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Sebastian Weier, « John Hanson Mitchell, Trespassing. An Inquiry into the Private Ownership of Land. », European journal of American studies, ID : 10.4000/ejas.11668
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Trespassing. An Inquiry into the Private Ownership of Land engages different modes of land ownership by following 350 years of history of a 500-acre tract of land in rural Massachusetts, about 35 miles west of Boston. From its original use by Pawtucket tribes to its contemporary exploitation as apple orchard, John Hanson Mitchell traces the permutations of ownership in this tract through ideas such as terra nullius, usufruct, the commons, fee simple and even zoning codes, up to its partial ac...