Land - How the Hunger for Ownership Shaped the Modern World

Author(s): Simon Winchester

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From the bestselling author Simon Winchester, a human history of land around the world: who mapped it, owned it, stole it, cared for it, fought for it and gave it back. The ownership of land has always been complicated, opaque, and more than a little anarchic when viewed from the outside. In this book, Simon Winchester explores the the stewardship of land, the ways it is delineated and changes hands, the great disputes, and the questions of restoration – particularly in the light of climate change and colonialist reparation. A global study, this is an exquisite exploration of what the ownership of land might really mean – not in dry-as-dust legal terms, but for the people who live on it.

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General Fields

  • : 9780008359126
  • : HarperCollins
  • : William Collins
  • : 0.552
  • : May 2021
  • : 3.5 Centimeters X 15.5 Centimeters X 23.5 Centimeters
  • : February 2022
  • : books

Special Fields

  • : Simon Winchester
  • : Paperback
  • : English
  • : 333.309
  • : good-very good
  • : 446