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Record Nr.

UNINA9910820375603321

Autore

Tuan Yi-fu <1930->

Titolo

Cosmos & hearth : a cosmopolite's viewpoint / / Yi-fu Tuan

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Minneapolis, : University of Minnesota Press, 1996

ISBN

0-8166-8707-2

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (216 p.)

Disciplina

305.8951073

973.04951

973/.04951

Soggetti

Chinese Americans

Comparative civilization

Internationalism

China Civilization

United States Civilization

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Includes index.

Nota di contenuto

CONTENTS; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; 1 TWO SCALES AND AUTOBIOGRAPHY; 2 CHINA; 3 THE UNITED STATES; 4 A COSMOPOLITE'S VIEWPOINT; NOTES; INDEX

Sommario/riassunto

In a volume that represents the culmination of his life's work in considering the relationship between culture and landscape, eminent scholar Yi-Fu Tuan argues that "cosmos" and "hearth" are two scales that anchor what it means to be fully and happily human.