Over two centuries, Colombia transferred vast quantities of land, equivalent to the entire UK landmass, mainly to landless peasants. And yet Colombia retains one of the highest concentrations of land ownership in the world. Why? We show that land reform's effects are highly bimodal. Most of...

Chapter 1 Lenin’s Theory of the “American Path” and Russian/Soviet Capitalist Agriculture -- Chapter 2 The “American Path” and the Global Hegemony of U.S. Capitalist Agriculture -- Chapter 3 The “Prussian” Path, Militarism, and Late Capitalist Agriculture -- Chapter 4 The...