Land (book)
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| Author | Simon Winchester |
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| Language | English |
| Publisher | Harper |
Publication date | January 19, 2021 |
| Pages | 464 |
| ISBN | 978-0-06-293833-6 |
Land: How the Hunger for Ownership Shaped the Modern World is a 2021 book by Simon Winchester.
Content
[edit]The book details different conceptions of land ownership and the history of land ownership. It also discusses conflicts stemming from disagreements over land.
Reception
[edit]Critical reception
[edit]Francisco Cantú's review in The New Yorker was mixed, praising Winchester's prose. However, Cantú noted a nostalgic tone that at times undercut the depictions of land appropriation and violence.[1] Writing for the New York Times, Aaron Retica criticized the book for not "[coming] together" due to its lack of an identifiable thesis.[2] In the Financial Times, Delphine Strauss did identify a thesis to the book: that most disputes are fundamentally about land.[3]
Literary review aggregator Book Marks noted that reviews of the book were mostly "Positive".[4]
References
[edit]- ^ Cantú, Francisco (11 January 2021). "Human History and the Hunger for Land". The New Yorker. Retrieved 22 January 2021.
- ^ Retica, Aaron (22 January 2021). "Looking at History Through the Deadly Conflicts Over Territory". The New York Times. Retrieved 22 January 2021.
- ^ Strauss, Delphine (21 January 2021). "Land by Simon Winchester — history of the landed and the dispossession". The Financial Times. Retrieved 22 January 2021.
- ^ "Land: How the Hunger for Ownership Shaped the Modern World". Book Marks. Literary Hub. Retrieved 22 January 2021.
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