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Land

How the Hunger for Ownership Shaped the Modern World

Winchester, Simon

Land

Land

How the Hunger for Ownership Shaped the Modern World

Land

 

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.

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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.

ISBN
9780008359119
Pagina's
464
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NUR
680
Druk
1
Uitvoering
Hardback
Taal
Engels
Uitgever
HarperCollins Publishers

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