Between Worlds Interpreters, Guides, and Survivors
by Karttunen, Frances
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- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good+ in Very Good+ dust jacket
- ISBN 10
- 0813520304
- ISBN 13
- 9780813520308
- Seller
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About This Item
Rutgers University Press. Very Good+ in Very Good+ dust jacket. 1994. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 0813520304 . Black hardcovers with silver titles to the spine. In Very Good++ condition, tightly bound, with a bright, unmarked text. Light spine end bumpiong. The DJ is Very Good, light cover scuffing with edgewear. "Spanning the globe and the centuries, Frances Karttunen tells the stories of sixteen men and women who served as interpreters and guides to conquerors, missionaries, explorers, soldiers, and anthropologists. These interpreters acted as uncomfortable bridges between two worlds; their own marginality, the fact that they belonged to neither world, suggests the complexity and tension between cultures meeting for the first time." ; B&W Photographs; 9.41 X 6.38 X 1.30 inches; 364 pages .
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- Bookseller
- Bytown Bookery (CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 13361
- Title
- Between Worlds Interpreters, Guides, and Survivors
- Author
- Karttunen, Frances
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good+ in Very Good+ dust jacket
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0813520304
- ISBN 13
- 9780813520308
- Publisher
- Rutgers University Press
- Place of Publication
- New Brunswick, Nj
- Date Published
- 1994
- Keywords
- 0813520304, Ethnic Studies, Translators, Linguistic Informants
- Bookseller catalogs
- Social Sciences; Biography; Language; Natives, Canadian/American;
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