This essay explores the contingent relationships between landownership and status in Britain, Caribbean, East Coast of North America across long eighteenth century. In where land was scarce, measure wealth status, creation landed estates bound ruling elite together. As global economy expanded, driven by colonialism, new were embedded within very different cultural landscapes. plantation landsca...

Abstract This paper contributes to the debate on institutions and economic development by assessing relationship between landownership concentration education. Using historical data at both district province levels in post-unification Italy from 1871 1921, I find evidence of an adverse effect land inequality literacy rates. Instrumental variable estimates using malaria pervasiveness as a source...