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Land: How the Hunger for Ownership Shaped the Modern World | Simon Winchester
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The author of The Professor and the Madman and The Perfectionists explores the notion of propertyour proprietary relationship with the landthrough human history, how it has shaped us and what it will mean for our future. Landwhether meadow or mountainside, desert or peat bog, parkland or pasture, suburb or cityis 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 doingand have donewith 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 worlds landand why does it matter?
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Still Life of @BookishMarginalia with V&A Museum Bookmark

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#CurrentView - reading in bed

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“a profound change is coming” #Truth #ClimateChange

Hooked_on_books I‘ve been a fan of Winchester since I read his Krakatoa many years ago. I‘ve read several of his books and never been disappointed. I find his writing really engaging and I‘ve learned so much from his books. 3y
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#epigraph #Rousseau — this sets the tone for the book, I should think.

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This is quite a remarkable #dedication! #ChiefStandingBear

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My biggest problem with the book was that I listened to the audiobook and wish there had been a professional reader rather than the author. I finally got used to his voice, and was able to enjoy the content, but I wish more space had been given to two things: 1. a deeper understanding of indigenous attitudes toward land “ownership” and 2. more attention to radical/alternative/visionary models of land ownership/stewardship. Overall still 4 stars.