EAN: 9780062938336

LAND - SIMON WINCHESTER GEBUNDEN

In many ways  Land combines bits and pieces of many of Winchester's previous books into a
satisfying  globe-trotting whole. . . . Winchester is  once again  a consummate guide.-Boston
GlobeThe author of The Professor and the Madman  The Map That Changed the World  and The
Perfectionists explores the notion of property-bought  earned  or received  in Europe  Africa 
North America  or the South Pacific-through human history  how it has shaped us and what it
will mean for our future.Land-whether meadow or mountainside  desert or peat bog  parkland or
pasture  suburb or city-is central to our existence. It quite literally underlies and underpins
everything. Employing the keen intellect  insatiable curiosity  and narrative verve that are
the foundations of his previous bestselling works  Simon Winchester examines what we human
beings are doing-and have done-with the billions of acres that together make up the solid
surface of our planet.Land: How the Hunger for Ownership Shaped the Modern World examines in
depth how we acquire land  how we steward it  how and why we fight over it  and finally  how we
can  and on occasion do  come to share it. Ultimately  Winchester confronts the essential
question: who actually owns the world's land-and why does it matter?

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