Land: How the Hunger for Ownership Shaped the Modern World
- ISBN-10
- 0008359156
- ISBN-13
- 9780008359157
- Series
- Land
- Pages
- 464
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2022-01-20
- Publisher
- William Collins
- Author
- Simon Winchester
Description
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.
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- 2021-01-21
- 464 pages
- Paperback
- William Collins
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- 2021-01-19
- 525 pages
- Paperback
- HarperCollins UK
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