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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| Language: | English |
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Princeton, New Jersey :
Princeton University Press,
1988
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| Series: | Princeton legacy library
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| Local Note: | ProQuest Ebook Central |
