Dear colleague : common and uncommon observations / Yi-Fu Tuan.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Tuan, Yi-fu, 1930-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Geographers--United States--Correspondence.

Geographers.

Human geography.

Tuan, Yi-fu, 1930---Correspondence.

Tuan, Yi-fu.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (x, 223 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, c2002.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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.

Contents:

Contents; Introduction; Nature; Civilization and City; Politics and Ideology; Culture, Society, Work; Home, Rootedness, Place; Human Ties and Isolation; Ancestors; Sex; Male and Female; Power; Education, Teaching, Knowledge; Geography; History; Aesthetics; Intellect; Language; Morality; Religion; Stages of Life; A Sense of Ending

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

ISBN:

0-8166-9426-5

OCLC:

476095131