Land: How the Hunger for Ownership Shaped the World
This explores the origins of land ownership and cultivation in upstate New York. It compares indigenous peoples' stewardship with Europeans'. He examines the work of early surveyors and cartographers, the establishment of boundaries, and the resulting ownership of a large portion of the Earth's surface by a few people.
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