From the bestselling author Simon Winchester, a human history of
land around the world: who mapped it, owned it, stole it, cared for
it, fought for it and gave it back. In 1889, thousands of hopeful
people raced southward from the Kansas state line and westward from
the Arkansas boundary to stake claims on the thousands of acres of
unclaimed pastures and meadows. Across the twentieth century, water
was dammed and drained in Holland so that a new province,
Flevoland, rose up, unchartered and requiring new thinking. In
1850, California legislated the theft of land from Native
Americans. An apology came in 2019 from the governor, but what of
the call for reparations or return? What of government confiscation
of land in India, or questions of fairness when it comes to New
Zealand's Maori population and the legacy of settlers? The
ownership of land has always been complicated, opaque, and more
than a little anarchic when viewed from the outside. In this book,
Simon Winchester explores the the stewardship of land, the ways it
is delineated and changes hands, the great disputes, and the
questions of restoration - particularly in the light of climate
change and colonialist reparation. A global study, this is an
exquisite exploration of what the ownership of land might really
mean - not in dry-as-dust legal terms, but for the people who live
on it.
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