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Record Nr.

UNINA9910784202903321

Autore

Tuan Yi-fu <1930-2022.>

Titolo

Dear colleague : common and uncommon observations / / Yi-Fu Tuan

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Minneapolis : , : University of Minnesota Press, , 2002

©2002

ISBN

0-8166-9426-5

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (x, 223 pages)

Disciplina

081

Soggetti

Geographers - United States

Human geography

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Introduction; Nature; Civilization and City; Politics and Ideology; Culture, Society, Work; Home, Rootedness, Place; Human Ties and Isolation; Ancestors; Sex; Male and Female; Power; Education, Teaching, Knowledge; Geography; History; Aesthetics; Intellect; Language; Morality; Religion; Stages of Life; A Sense of Ending

Sommario/riassunto

Maybe the most influential scholar you've never heard of was how a feature article in The Chronicle of Higher Education recently described Yi-Fu Tuan, a widely traveled Chinese-American geographer whose letters to his friends and colleagues, distilling observations, ideas, and experiences, have carried his 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 enjoyed.