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Book Summary
About the Book: Land: How the Hunger for Ownership Shaped the World
From the bestselling author Simon Winchester, a human history of land around
the world: who mapped it, owned it, stole it, cared for it, fought for it and
gave it back. In 1889, thousands of hopeful people raced southward from the
Kansas state line and westward from the Arkansas boundary to stake claims on the
thousands of acres of unclaimed pastures and meadows. Across the twentieth
century, water was dammed and drained in Holland so that a new province,
Flevoland, rose up, unchartered and requiring new thinking. In 1850, California
legislated the theft of
ISBN-13
9780008359126
Language
English
Binding
Paper Back
Publisher
William Collins
Publishing Date
2021-01
Product Edition
1
Total Pages
464
Land : How The Hunger For Ownership Shaped The World
About the Book: Land: How the Hunger for Ownership Shaped the World
From the bestselling author Simon Winchester, a human history of land around
the world: who mapped it, owned it, stole it, cared for it, fought for it and
gave it back. In 1889, thousands of hopeful people raced southward from the
Kansas state line and westward from the Arkansas boundary to stake claims on the
thousands of acres of unclaimed pastures and meadows. Across the twentieth
century, water was dammed and drained in Holland so that a new province,
Flevoland, rose up, unchartered and requiring new thinking. In 1850, California
legislated the theft of