Encounters in My Travels : Thoughts Along the Way / / Dixie Lee Harris
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| Autore: |
Harris Dixie Lee
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| Titolo: |
Encounters in My Travels : Thoughts Along the Way / / Dixie Lee Harris
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| Pubblicazione: | Leiden; ; Boston : , : BRILL, , 2006 |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (167 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 910.4092 |
| Soggetto topico: | Americans - Foreign countries |
| Travelers' writings, American - Women authors | |
| Women travelers - United States | |
| Note generali: | Description based upon print version of record. |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Nota di contenuto: | Foreword -- Introduction -- One Police Encounters -- Two Alaska, 1957-1960 -- Three Roads Traveled -- Four War! -- Five In the Muslim World -- Six Natural Wonders -- Seven Built Wonders -- Eight Other Encounters -- Nine Epilogue -- For Further Reading -- About the Author -- Index. |
| Sommario/riassunto: | This book details Harris's travels throughout the globe among common people through sixty-seven countries over twelve years. She stayed in a harem, wore a burqa, and slept on a sidewalk through the biggest battle in the Algerian War! Questions evoke critical reading and philosophical thought, and the book includes a bibliography of suggestions for further reading. |
| Altri titoli varianti: | Thoughts Along the Way |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Encounters in My Travels |
| ISBN: | 94-012-0201-X |
| 1-4237-9195-9 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910777650603321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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Serie:
Value Inquiry Book Series ; ; 174.