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EPISODE · Nov 6, 2023 · 27 MIN

Land: How the Hunger for Ownership Shaped the Modern World

from For the Ages: A History Podcast · host New-York Historical Society

Since the dawn of civilization, land stewardship has served as the foundation for how societies coalesce and interact. In a wide-ranging conversation that examines European imperialism, the dispossession of Native American populations, and Joseph Stalin’s brutal collectivization in Society territories, bestselling author Simon Winchester illuminates how humanity’s conquest to acquire territory and wield its power has so definitively shaped history. Recorded on January 11, 2022  

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