Land: How the Hunger for Ownership Shaped the Modern World

Winchester, Simon

ISBN 10: 0062938339 / ISBN 13: 9780062938336

Published by Harper Collins, New York, 2021

This book is in Near Fine condition; book and jacket are clean from marks or damage, kept in protective plastic covering. Seller Inventory # 110

Synopsis:

“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? 

About the Author:

Simon Winchester is the acclaimed author of many books, including The Professor and the Madman, The Men Who United the States, The Map That Changed the World, The Man Who Loved China, A Crack in the Edge of the World, and Krakatoa, all of which were New York Times bestsellers and appeared on numerous best and notable lists. In 2006, Winchester was made an officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) by Her Majesty the Queen. He resides in western Massachusetts.

Bibliographic Details

Title: Land: How the Hunger for Ownership Shaped ...
Publisher: Harper Collins, New York
Publication Date: 2021
Binding: Hardcover
Condition: Near Fine
Dust Jacket Condition: Dust Jacket Included
Signed: Signed by Author
Edition: First Edition.