What does 'owning' land actually mean?

An old barn near Sandy Neck on Cape Cod, Massachusetts in December 2012

An old barn near Sandy Neck on Cape Cod, Massachusetts in December 2012. BP Miiller (CC0)

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Simon Winchester is a British journalist and best-selling author who spent decades on the road before finally buying a small farm in the Berkshires. The experience led to his book “Land: How the Hunger for Ownership Shaped the Modern World."