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Terrestrial lessons : the conquest of the world as globe / Sumathi Ramaswamy.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Ramaswamy, Sumathi, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Globes.
- History.
- Geography--Study and teaching.
- Earth (Planet)--Study and teaching--India--History.
- Earth (Planet).
- Geography--Study and teaching--India--History.
- Geography.
- Globes--India--History.
- Study skills.
- India.
- Genre:
- History.
- Physical Description:
- xx, 429 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Chicago : The University of Chicago Press, 2017.
- Contents:
- Prologue: Global itineraries, Earth inscriptions
- In pursuit of a global thing
- "As you live in the world, you ought to know something of the world"
- The global pandit
- Down to Earth? Of girls and globes
- "It's called a globe. It is the Earth. Our Earth!"
- Epilogue: The conquest of the world as globe.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780226476575
- 022647657X
- OCLC:
- 966971614
- Publisher Number:
- 99973759449
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