Land (book) explained

Land: How the Hunger for Ownership Shaped the Modern World
Author:	Simon Winchester
Language:	English
Publisher:	Harper
Pub 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

The book details different conceptions of land ownership and the history of land ownership. It also discusses conflicts stemming from disagreements over land.

Reception

Critical reception

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]

External links

• Interview with Winchester on Land, February 17, 2021, C-SPAN

Notes and References

1. News: Cantú . Francisco . Human History and the Hunger for Land . 22 January 2021 . The New Yorker . 11 January 2021 . en-us.
2. News: Retica . Aaron . Looking at History Through the Deadly Conflicts Over Territory . 22 January 2021 . The New York Times . 22 January 2021.
3. News: Strauss . Delphine . Land by Simon Winchester — history of the landed and the dispossession . 22 January 2021 . The Financial Times . 21 January 2021.
4. Web site: Land: How the Hunger for Ownership Shaped the Modern World . Book Marks . Literary Hub . 22 January 2021.