Beyond geography : the western spirit against the wilderness / Frederick Turner.

Main entry:

Turner, Frederick W., 1937-

Title & Author:

Beyond geography : the western spirit against the wilderness / Frederick Turner.

Publication:

New York : Viking Press, 1980.

Description:

xviii, 329 pages ; 24 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 301-317) and index.
Part one: Loomings. Estrangment -- The necessity of myth -- Bearings from the ancient Near East -- The people of the book -- A crisis cult -- Hecatombs -- Loomings -- Part two: Rites of passage. Mythic zones -- Delforation -- Penetration -- The Lost Colony -- Things of darkness -- Part three: Haunts. Possession -- The vanishing New World -- A dance of the dispossessed.
Also issued online.

Resources:
French equivalent / Équivalent français

ISBN:

0670160989
9780670160983

Subject:

America Discovery and exploration.
Civilization, Western.
Indians First contact with other peoples.
Indians, Treatment of.
Indians of North America First contact with other peoples.
Civilisation occidentale.
Peuples autochtones Premiers contacts avec d'autres peuples Amérique du Nord.
Attitudes envers les Peuples autochtones.
Peuples autochtones Premiers contacts avec d'autres peuples.
Discoveries in geography
Entdeckung
Indianer
Amérique Découverte et exploration.
America
Amerika
Indians First contact with Europeans

Form/genre:

Annotations (Provenance) 20th century. CtY-BR

Holdings:

Location: Library main 291962
Call No.: E101 .T87 1980
Status: Available

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