{"product_id":"the-age-of-confiscation-making-and-taking-property-in-the-creation-of-the-modern-world-9780316464635","title":"The Age of Confiscation: Making and Taking Property in the Creation of the Modern World","description":"\u003cb\u003eA bold, revelatory account of how the greatest conflicts, atrocities, and social advancements of our time have all hinged on the seizure of property, for readers of \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eCapital in the Twenty-First Century \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003eand \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eWhy Nations Fail.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eExpropriation--the act of forcibly taking property--is usually associated with dictators and unstable countries. But in fact, it has been integral to the political and economic history of the West, enabling the abolition of serfdom and slavery, the Industrial Revolution, and essential parts of the modern welfare state. For better and for worse, much of our world today was built through the coercive acquisition of property, a process that will continue to shape our future. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn this groundbreaking history, Nicholas Mulder charts a new path from the eighteenth century to the present, showing how governments of all kinds--liberal and nationalist, socialist and fascist, imperialist and anticolonial--have dissolved and redistributed property rights in the service of their ideologies and ambitions. Ranging from the French Revolution to the Russo-Ukrainian war, from railway empires to oil nationalizations, and from the confiscation of patents to financial asset freezing, \u003ci\u003eThe Age of Confiscation\u003c\/i\u003e upends our understanding of state-building and economic development, showing how they are at their core a struggle over property: its making and unmaking, transfer and conversion, and theft and restoration. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn the spirit of Thomas Piketty and Daron Acemoglu, Mulder reveals how the power to take property has shaped our past--and how, amid rising geopolitical competition, growing inequality, and climate change, it will mark our future.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Little Brown and Company\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 12\/01\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780316464635\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 768\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 10\/01\/2026 pg. 110\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Nicholas Mulder","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53458837209269,"sku":"9780316464635","price":34.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/9780316464635.jpg?v=1791297319","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/the-age-of-confiscation-making-and-taking-property-in-the-creation-of-the-modern-world-9780316464635","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}