Land : how the hunger for ownership shaped the modern world / Simon Winchester.
Land : how the hunger for ownership shaped the modern world / Simon Winchester.
By
:
Winchester, Simon.
Publication Date
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2021
Publication Information
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New York : Harper,
Physical Description
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xiii, 446 p. : ill.
Subject Term
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Land tenure -- Law and legislation -- History.
Land use -- Law and legislation -- History.
World history.
Nature -- Effect of human beings on.
Bibliography Note
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 423-427) and index.
Summary
:
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.
Language
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English
ISBN
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9780062938336
| Library | Collection | Collection | Call Number | Status |
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| St. John's - A.C. Hunter (SJH) | Adult NFic | Adult Non-Fiction | 333.3 W72 | Checked In |