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The Power of Place
November 19, 2008
Tom Haines writer

Tom Haines seeks individual encounters in remote regions as a way to understand broader issues of time and place. A gold miner in Venezuela, a reindeer herder in the Arctic, a wheat farmer in the land of Confucius at the edge of this global century, how large do terrain and distance loom? What impact have the forces of modern communication and trade had on formerly isolated cultures? What is daily life like for people living with one foot in the past and one in the present?

Culture & Identity | Literature & Philosophy | People & Places
Landmarks | world regions
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