The Land: How the Hunger for Ownership Shaped the Modern World Free Audiobook Download by Simon Winchester

All over the world, we are witnessing a move from individual ownership to collective ownership. In the United States, for example, only 1% of land is privately owned. As this shift continues, what does it mean for "the land" in terms of our personal and social identities?

In the book, Simon Winchester explores how the desire for ownership shaped our modern world. The Land is an examination of how people have seen land as a place that can provide wealth, power and stability. The Land is written in three parts: "The Land of Hunger" which explains how people saw land as a commodity; "The Land of Promise" which discusses how humans traded food for land; and finally "The Land of Promise Suspended" which talks about the future of land ownership.

This audiobook examines the idea of land ownership, beginning with prehistoric times to present day and the impact it has made on society.

The Land: How the Hunger for Ownership Shaped the Modern World is a well-researched book on how land ownership has become so important in our society. Winchester tells the story of how humans developed an obsession with land and its worth, which then began to affect what people believe and value. By telling this one story, Winchester tells us that everything starts somewhere, and we should always look at where we began to make sense of what came next.

The book is about how the desire to take possession of land and property—be it for a farm, a house or just a piece of land with trees—has shaped modern life. Winchester argues that as this demand has increased, other needs have been pushed aside and neglected, and he argues that this has led to many problems: in particular, a world where people are disconnected from their natural habitat.

The Land: How the Hunger for Ownership Shaped the Modern World by Simon Winchester is an entertaining, intelligent and informative history of how our relationship with the land shaped who we are as a species.