Stanley L. Engerman is John H. Munro Professor of Economics and Professor of History at the University of Rochester, New York, USA.Jacob Metzer is Alexander Brody Professor of Economic History at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem.

• Introduction. Part 1: Setting the Stage Part 2: Nations, Land Regime, and Territorial Sovereignty in Old and New States Part 3: Religion, Ethno-Nationality, and Economics in Land Struggles Part 4: Indigenous Peoples, Colonial Settlers, and Migrating Laborers: Ethnic Rivalries and Rights to Land, Past and Present Part 5: Natural Resources and the Livelihood of Native Populations: Economy and Environment in Tradition and Modernity

Stanley L. Engerman is John H. Munro Professor of Economics and Professor of History at the University of Rochester, New York, USA.Jacob Metzer is Alexander Brody Professor of Economic History at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem.

• Introduction. Part 1: Setting the Stage Part 2: Nations, Land Regime, and Territorial Sovereignty in Old and New States Part 3: Religion, Ethno-Nationality, and Economics in Land Struggles Part 4: Indigenous Peoples, Colonial Settlers, and Migrating Laborers: Ethnic Rivalries and Rights to Land, Past and Present Part 5: Natural Resources and the Livelihood of Native Populations: Economy and Environment in Tradition and Modernity

Stanley L. Engerman is John H. Munro Professor of Economics and Professor of History at the University of Rochester, New York, USA.Jacob Metzer is Alexander Brody Professor of Economic History at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem.

• Introduction. Part 1: Setting the Stage Part 2: Nations, Land Regime, and Territorial Sovereignty in Old and New States Part 3: Religion, Ethno-Nationality, and Economics in Land Struggles Part 4: Indigenous Peoples, Colonial Settlers, and Migrating Laborers: Ethnic Rivalries and Rights to Land, Past and Present Part 5: Natural Resources and the Livelihood of Native Populations: Economy and Environment in Tradition and Modernity