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In The Edges of the FieldHarvard law professor Joseph William Singer offers a brilliant and cogent look at America's complex relation to property and ownership. Incorporating examples as far-reaching as the experience of Malden Mills owner and Polartec manufacturer Aaron Feuerstein, the Torah, and the musical Rent, Singer reminds us that ownership is a curious blend of security and vulnerability between owner and nonowner. He proposes that the manner in which property shapes social relations of power is as important as ownership rights.Singer, Joseph William is the author of 'Edges of the Field Lessons on the Obligations of Ownership', published 2001 under ISBN 9780807004395 and ISBN 0807004391.
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