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landlordism

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landlordism [ˈlændlɔːˌdɪzəm]
n
the system by which land under private ownership is rented for a fixed sum to tenants
landlordism
the actions and characteristics of a landlord. — landlordly, adj.
See also: Behavior
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Meanwhile, capitalism caused city centres to decay (local novelist Nicholas Monsarrat rightly called this a "rotting heart") in a welter of private landlordism, slums and property profiteering before and during the period between the wars.
Letter: Selfish south-east by Daily Post (Liverpool, England)
In the first great privatisation of the era, council tenants were able to purchase their homes from the local authority with significant discounts, freeing them from what Thatcher saw as the deadening grip of municipal landlordism and creating a new cadre of housing consumers.
The ideological importance of housing by Houghton, John / Renewal
Chapter 2 details how the region's rapid industrialization and commercialization affected Da Shu village, spawning both out-migration (to Hong Kong and abroad) and influxes of rural mainlanders as well as a shift in land utilization, away from agricultural production toward landlordism (rent collection and property development) (44, fig.
Gender and Community under British Colonialism. Emotion, Struggle, ... by Chang, Michael G. / Journal of Social History
 
 
 
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