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Ulysses' Sail : An Ethnographic Odyssey of Power, Knowledge, and Geographical Distance /

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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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Helms, Mary W. (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Princeton, New Jersey : Princeton University Press, [1988]
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
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