Land: How the Hunger for Ownership Shaped the Modern World"In many ways, Land combines bits and pieces of many of Winchester's previous books into a satisfying, globe trotting whole. . . . Winchester is, once again, a consummate guide." Boston Globe The author of The Professor and the Madman, The Map That Changed the World, and The Perfectionists explores the notion of property bought, earned, or received; in Europe, Africa, North America, or the South Pacific through human history, and how it has shaped us