# Land: How the Hunger for Ownership Shaped the Modern World - Hardcover

by **Simon Winchester** (Author)

**"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 Globe_**

**The 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?

**Number of Pages:** 464

**Dimensions:** 1.4 x 9.4 x 6.2 IN

**Illustrated:** Yes

**Publication Date:** January 19, 2021

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