Publisher's Synopsis
Who Owns the World is the first ever compilation of landowners and landownership structures in every single one of the worlds 197 states and 66 territories. It covers the history of landownership as far as written history will allow and shows the division of landownership in every region of the globe. Packed with revelatory information, the book: identifies the person who owns the largest proportion of the worlds land; provides details of the next 25 top landowners; reveals that aristocratic families own over 60 per cent of Europes land mass and receive most of the ECs agricultural subsidy allowance; documents the vast landholdings of the worlds four largest religious groups; details the landownership structure of all the countries of the British Commonwealth; contains a complete survey of the historic record of landownership; includes an analysis of the legal structures that have reduced 85 per cent of the earths population to serfdom. This is a breathtaking tome of huge political, economic and social importance. It will revolutionise our understanding of our planet, its history and its land.
