商品簡介
For all the increasing sophistication of studies concerning the spread of ideas back and forth between residents of the Old and New Worlds, Fiering (Brown U.) was personally frustrated that few were asking about the mechanics of communication. So in October 1996 historians, anthropologists, and language and literature scholars met there in Providence, Rhode Island to discuss the problem. The 14 resulting essays cover terms of contact, signs and symbols, the literate and the nonliterate, intermediaries, and theory. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
