absentee landowner

an owner of agricultural land who lives away from the property and is not directly involved in day-to-day production. Within a PEASANT SOCIETY this form of land ownership can be conducive to the appearance of social and political conflicts between landlords and peasants, as in prerevolutionary France and prerevolutionary China.

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This is one of the most impressive aspects of the book; a glance at the bibliography will indicate to any reader the range of material consulted, not least the geographical range, given the significant cohort of absentee landowners in King's County, including the Downshire family.