The Mind of the Traveler (Magill’s Literary Annual 1991-2005)
At a glance:
- Author: Eric J. Leed
- First Published: 1991
- Type of Work: History of travel
- Genres: Nonfiction, Travel writing, History
- Subjects: Perception, Tradition, Psychology or psychologists, Heroes or heroism, Rites or ceremonies, Nomads, Geology or geologists, Biology or biologists, Ethnology
Eric Leed is well aware of the immensity of the task he has set for himself in trying to write a history of travel and its implications for intellectual and social history in general. Fortunately for his readers, he has not allowed himself to be deterred by that fact. Instead, he has outlined some of the major areas for research, passing lightly over some, delving deeper into others, all the while keeping a careful balance between the academic prose suitable for his subject matter and the brisk journalistic style appropriate for the wider audience he no doubt had in mind for the book....
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