Wanderlust : a history of walking
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Location | Call Number | Status |
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Nonfiction | 796.51 SOLNIT | In Library |
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Physical Desc
x, 326 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm
Language
English
Notes
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 293-318) and index
Description
"In Wanderlust: A History of Walking, Rebecca Solnit draws together many histories -- of anatomical evolution and city design, of treadmills and labyrinths, of walking clubs and sexual mores -- to create a portrait of the range of possibilities for this most basic act. Arguing that walking as history signifies walking for pleasure and for political, aesthetic, and social meaning, Solnit hones in on the walkers whose everyday and extreme acts have shaped our culture, from the peripatetic philosophers of ancient Greece to the poets of the Romantic Age, from the perambulations of the Surrealists to the ascents of the mountaineers." "Solnit's book finds a profound relationship between walking and thinking, walking and culture, and argues for the necessity of preserving the time and space in which to walk in an evermore automobile-dependent and accelerated world. Book jacket."--Jacket
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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Solnit, R. (2001). Wanderlust: a history of walking . Penguin Books.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Solnit, Rebecca. 2001. Wanderlust: A History of Walking. Penguin Books.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Solnit, Rebecca. Wanderlust: A History of Walking Penguin Books, 2001.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Solnit, Rebecca. Wanderlust: A History of Walking Penguin Books, 2001.
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