Land : how the hunger for ownership shaped the modern world
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Winchester, Simon,
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New York, NY : Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, 2021.
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xiii, 446 pages : illustrations (black & white), portraits, photographs, facsimilies, maps. ; 24 cm
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San Luis Obispo Library - Adult Nonfiction
333.3
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Land tenure -- History.
Land tenure -- Law and legislation -- History.
Land use -- History.
Land use -- Law and legislation -- History.
Nature -- Effect of human beings on -- History.
World history.

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Published
New York, NY : Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, 2021.
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Book
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English

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Includes bibliographical references (pages 423-427) and index.
Description
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.

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