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What do long-distance travelers gain from their voyages, especially when faraway lands are regarded as the source of esoteric knowledge? Mary Helms explains how various cultures interpret space and distance in cosmological terms, and why they associate political power with information about strange...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Helms, Mary W. (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Princeton, NJ : Princeton University Press, [2014]
Edición:Course Book
Colección:Princeton Legacy Library ; 916
Temas:
Acculturation.
Intercultural communication.
Social distance.
Voyages and travels > Religious aspects.
SOCIAL SCIENCE / Human Geography.
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