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Land : how the hunger for ownership shaped the modern world

Call Number

  • 333.3 W759 (CEN, OSH)

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Edition

First edition.

Publication Information

New York, NY : Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, [2021]

Physical Description

xiii, 446 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Summary

"Land examines in depth how we determine where the land lies, how we acquire it, 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 questions: who actually owns the world's land, how much of it do we really need, and why does it matter?"--Inside front jacket flap.

Contents

  • Uncommon ground
  • Borderlines
  • Annals of acquisition
  • Stewardship
  • Battlegrounds
  • Annals of restoration
  • Yet now the land is drowning.

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