land reform
- any program, especially when undertaken by a national government, involving the redistribution of agricultural land among the landless.
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Origin of land reform
An Americanism dating back to 1840–50
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Land-reform in its earliest stages, like trade unionism in England, was accompanied by disorder.
Ireland and PolandThomas William Rolleston
A land-reform program limited land ownership, reduced rents, and redistributed formerly Japanese-owned land.
A history of China., [3d ed. rev. and enl.]Wolfram Eberhard
land reform
- the redistributing of large agricultural holdings among the landless
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