Dear Colleague: Common and Uncommon Observations Tapa dura - 2002 - 1st Edición

University of Minnesota Press. Used - Good. Former library book; may include library markings. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages.

Hardback. New. "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-and to discover the pleasures of the underlined passages in a book of life at once edifying, entertaining, and exemplary. Reflecting on personal encounters and impersonal forces, Tuan conducts us along a path that leads from nature to human nature, through society and culture, geography and history, morality and religion, life and death. By turns playful and aphoristic, these… Leer más

Univ of Minnesota Pr, 2002. Hardcover. New. 1st edition. 240 pages. 9.25x6.25x0.50 inches.

hardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.

Univ Of Minnesota Press, 2002-02-25. Hardcover. New. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title!