Beyond Geography - The Western Spirit Against the Wilderness

First published in 1980, Beyond Geography continues to influence and impress its readers. This new edition, prepared for the Columbus quincentennial, includes a new introduction by T. H. Watkins and a new preface by the author. As the public debates Columbus's legacy, it is important for us to learn of the spiritual background of European domination of the Americas, for the Europeans who conquered the Americas substituted history for myth as a way of understanding life.

List of contents

Extracts
Preface to the 1992 Edition
Preface
Acknowledgments
The Travels of Turner by T.H. Watkins
Part One. Loomings
Part Two. Rites of Passage
Part Three. Haunts
Notes on Sources
Index

About the author

Frederick Turner

Summary

First published in 1980, Beyond Geography continues to influence its readers. This new edition, prepared for the Columbus quincentennial, includes a new introduction by T.H. Watkins and a new preface by the author. As the public debates Columbus' legacy, it is important to learn of the spiritual background of European domination of the Americas.

Product details

• Authors: Frederick Turner
• Publisher: Univ of Chicago Behalf of Rutgers Univ Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.10.1992
• EAN: 9780813519098
• ISBN: 978-0-8135-1909-8
• No. of pages: 360
• Dimensions: 154 mm x 233 mm x 22 mm
• Weight: 515 g
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Nordamerika (USA und Kanada), History - General History, HISTORY / North America