Early Modern Conceptions of Property

<p><em>Early Modern Conceptions of Property</em> draws together distinguished academics from a variety of disciplines, including law, economics, politics, art history, social history and literature, in order to consider fundamental issues of property in the early modern period. Presenting diverse original historical and literary case studies in a sophisticated theoretical framework, it offers a challenge to conventional interpretations.</p> Introduction Property and Political Theory Property and Legal Ideology Property and the Family Property and the Construction of a Self Literary Property Reification: The Invention and Institution of Special Forms of Property The Property of Empire