CONTENTS 
Acknowledgements 
Foreword by Alexander Etkind 
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Introduction: The Tragedy of Property 
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The Entrance 
Homeless people 
From city dwellers to citizens 
Reflected modernity 
The capital of succeeding generations 
2 The Fence: Russian Title 
Good fences make good neighbours 
The permanence of the fence 
Life without property rights 
Russian title 
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Behind the Fence: The Privatization of Utopia 
Private palaces 
The privatization of utopia 
The birth of private life 
The Dutch carpenter’s house 
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Private Property: My House Is My Castle 
The myth of Sparta 
The domus of our forebears 
Mine and yours 
Life, liberty and property 
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