Luister en lees nu 45 dagen gratis

Tijdelijke zomeractie: ontdek Storytel nu 45 dagen gratis. De aanbieding loopt t/m 3 augustus. Meer dan 1 miljoen luisterboeken en ebooks in één app.

  • Switch makkelijk tussen luisteren en lezen
  • Elke week honderden nieuwe verhalen
  • Voor ieder een passend abonnement
  • Opzeggen wanneer je maar wilt
Probeer 45 dagen gratis
NL - Details page - Device banner - 894x1036

Land: How the Hunger for Ownership Shaped the Modern World

17 beoordelingen

4.4

Lengte
13uur 46min
Taal
Engels
Format
Categorie

Non-fictie

“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, how it has shaped us and what it will mean for our future.

Land—whether meadow or mountainside, desert or peat bog, parkland or pasture, suburb or city—is central to our existence. It quite literally underlies and underpins everything. Employing the keen intellect, insatiable curiosity, and narrative verve that are the foundations of his previous bestselling works, Simon Winchester examines what we human beings are doing—and have done—with the billions of acres that together make up the solid surface of our planet.

Land: How the Hunger for Ownership Shaped the Modern World examines in depth how we acquire land, how we steward it, how and why we fight over it, and finally, how we can, and on occasion do, come to share it. Ultimately, Winchester confronts the essential question: who actually owns the world’s land—and why does it matter?

Supplemental enhancement PDF accompanies the audiobook.

© 2021 HarperAudio (Luisterboek): 9780062938367

Publicatiedatum

Luisterboek: 19 januari 2021

Anderen genoten ook van...

  1. The Gene: An Intimate History Siddhartha Mukherjee
  2. Homo Deus: A Brief History of Tomorrow Yuval Noah Harari
  3. The Story of Work: A New History of Humankind Jan Lucassen
  4. Energy and Civilization: A History Vaclav Smil
  5. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind Yuval Noah Harari
  6. First Steps: How Upright Walking Made Us Human Jeremy DeSilva
  7. The Ends of the World: Volcanic Apocalypses, Lethal Oceans, and Our Quest to Understand Earth's Past Mass Extinctions Peter Brannen
  8. Atlantic: Great Sea Battles, Heroic Discoveries, Titanic Storms,and a Vast Ocean of a Million Stories Simon Winchester
  9. The Silk Road: A New History Valerie Hansen
  10. Pandora’s Lab: Seven Stories of Science Gone Wrong Paul A. Offit
  11. Knowing What We Know: The Transmission of Knowledge: From Ancient Wisdom to Modern Magic Simon Winchester
  12. Everybody Lies: Big Data, New Data, and What the Internet Can Tell Us About Who We Really Are Seth Stephens-Davidowitz
  13. Noise Daniel Kahneman
  14. The Rise of Yeast: How the Sugar Fungus Shaped Civilization Nicholas P. Money
  15. The Darkening Age: The Christian Destruction of the Classical World Catherine Nixey
  16. Origin Story: A Big History of Everything David Christian
  17. Babylon: Mesopotamia and the Birth of Civilization Paul Kriwaczek
  18. Debt – Updated and Expanded: The First 5,000 Years David Graeber
  19. Irrationality: A History of the Dark Side of Reason Justin Smith-Ruiu
  20. The End of the World is Just the Beginning: Mapping the Collapse of Globalization Peter Zeihan
  21. Medieval Europe Chris Wickham
  22. Conscious: A Brief Guide to the Fundamental Mystery of the Mind Annaka Harris
  23. The Emperor of All Maladies Siddhartha Mukherjee
  24. The Venetians: A New History: From Marco Polo to Casanova Paul Strathern
  25. Almost Human: The Astonishing Tale of Homo naledi and the Discovery That Changed Our Human Story Lee Berger
  26. A Distant Mirror: The Calamitous 14th Century Barbara W. Tuchman
  27. The Origins of Everything in 100 Pages (More or Less) David Bercovici
  28. Our Oriental Heritage: A History of Civilization in Egypt and the Near East to the Death of Alexander, and in India, China, and Japan from the Beginning to Our Own Day, with Will Durant
  29. When Asia Was the World: Traveling Merchants, Scholars, Warriors, and Monks Who Created the "Riches of the East": Traveling Merchants, Scholars, Warriors, and Monks Who Created the “Riches of the East” Stewart Gordon
  30. Making Sense: Conversations on Consciousness, Morality, and the Future of Humanity Sam Harris
  31. How to Behave Badly in Renaissance Britain Ruth Goodman
  32. Carthage Must Be Destroyed: The Rise and Fall of an Ancient Civilization Richard Miles
  33. A History of the World Andrew Marr
  34. Israel: A Concise History of a Nation Reborn Daniel Gordis
  35. Range: How Generalists Triumph in a Specialized World David Epstein
  36. When Women Ruled the World: Six Queens of Egypt Kara Cooney
  37. Free Will Sam Harris
  38. The Righteous Mind: Why Good People Are Divided by Politics and Religion Jonathan Haidt
  39. Reformations: The Early Modern World, 1450-1650 Carlos M. N. Eire
  40. The Pleasure of Finding Things Out: The Best Short Works of Richard P. Feynman Richard P. Feynman
  41. The Knowledge Illusion: The myth of individual thought and the power of collective wisdom Philip Fernbach
  42. Human Universe Professor Brian Cox
  43. What We Cannot Know: Explorations at the Edge of Knowledge Marcus du Sautoy
  44. The World According to Physics Jim Al-Khalili
  45. A (Very) Short History of Life On Earth: 4.6 Billion Years in 12 Chapters Henry Gee

Maak je keuze:

  • Voor ieder een passend abonnement

  • Kies het aantal uur en accounts dat bij jou past

  • Download verhalen voor offline toegang

  • Kids Mode - een veilige omgeving voor kinderen

Meest gekozen
Zomeractie: geldig t/m 3 augustus

Unlimited

Voor wie onbeperkt wil luisteren en lezen.

€13.99 /30 dagen
Tijdelijke zomeractie!
  • 1 account

  • Onbeperkte toegang

  • Meer dan 1 miljoen luisterboeken en ebooks

  • Altijd opzegbaar

Probeer 45 dagen gratis

Premium

Voor wie zo nu en dan wil luisteren en lezen.

€9.99 /30 dagen
14 dagen gratis
  • 1 account

  • 30 uur/30 dagen

  • Meer dan 1 miljoen luisterboeken en ebooks

  • Altijd opzegbaar

Probeer 14 dagen gratis

Flex

Voor wie Storytel wil proberen.

€7.99 /30 dagen
7 dagen gratis
  • 1 account

  • 10 uur/30 dagen

  • Spaar ongebruikte uren op tot 50 uur

  • Meer dan 1 miljoen luisterboeken en ebooks

  • Altijd opzegbaar

Probeer 7 dagen gratis

Family

Voor wie verhalen met familie en vrienden wil delen.

Vanaf €18.99 /30 dagen
14 dagen gratis
  • 2-3 accounts

  • Onbeperkte toegang

  • Meer dan 1 miljoen luisterboeken en ebooks

  • Altijd opzegbaar

2 accounts

€18.99 /30 dagen
Probeer 14 dagen gratis