Dear Colleague: Common and Uncommon Observations"Eminent geographer Yi-Fu Tuan's letters to his friends and colleagues - distilling observations, ideas, and experiences - have carried Tuan's insights, and his reputation, far beyond his chosen field. Culling the most characteristic thoughts and compelling moments from these prized letters, Dear Colleague at long last gives readers near and far the opportunity to share what Tuan's correspondents have already read - and to discover the pleasures of the underlined passages in a book of life at once edifying, entertaining, and exemplary."--BOOK JACKET.Title Summary field provided by Blackwell North America, Inc. All Rights Reserved |
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... culture , geography and history , morality and religion , life and death . By turns playful and aphoristic , these letters hold revela- tions both humorous and harrowing . Whether browsed for their considerable incidental pleasures or ...
... culture , geography and history , morality and religion , life and death . By turns playful and aphoristic , these letters hold revela- tions both humorous and harrowing . Whether browsed for their considerable incidental pleasures or ...
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... Culture , Society , Work 58 Home , Rootedness , Place 67 Human Ties and Isolation 81 Ancestors 84 Sex 90 Male and Female 96 Power 101 Education , Teaching , Knowledge 118 Geography 131 History 134 Aesthetics 147 Intellect 161 Language ...
... Culture , Society , Work 58 Home , Rootedness , Place 67 Human Ties and Isolation 81 Ancestors 84 Sex 90 Male and Female 96 Power 101 Education , Teaching , Knowledge 118 Geography 131 History 134 Aesthetics 147 Intellect 161 Language ...
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... culture . In my broad reading , I almost always have a pencil in hand to underline passages that make me pause . I do this with scholarly books , novels , collections of short stories and poems . Fair enough . But I do the same with ...
... culture . In my broad reading , I almost always have a pencil in hand to underline passages that make me pause . I do this with scholarly books , novels , collections of short stories and poems . Fair enough . But I do the same with ...
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Contents
Nature | ix |
Civilization and City | 18 |
Politics and Ideology | 31 |
Culture Society Work | 46 |
Home Rootedness Place | 56 |
Human Ties and Isolation | 65 |
Ancestors | 79 |
Sex | 82 |
Geography | 116 |
History | 129 |
Aesthetics | 132 |
Intellect | 145 |
Language | 159 |
Morality | 168 |
Religion | 189 |
Stages of Life | 201 |
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