01379cam a22002417i 4500 38480 38480 210629t20212021nyuab b 001 0 eng d 9780062938336 Winchester, Simon, Land : how the hunger for ownership shaped the modern world / Simon Winchester. New York Harper Collin publishers xiii, 446 pages : illustrations, maps ; Explores the concept of land ownership and how it has shaped history, examining how people fight over, steward, and occasionally share land, and what humanity's proprietary relationship with land means for the future. "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. Land tenure History. Land tenure Law and legislation History. Land use History. Land use Law and legislation History. World history. 12461 Nature Effect of human beings on History. World history. 12461 BK HD1251 .W56 0 0 lcc 0 0 NFIC MAIN MAIN OOER 2024-05-17 GFT 0 HD1251 .W56 00048942 2024-05-17 00:00:00 1 BK