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320 pages • first pub 1992 (editions)
ISBN/UID: 9780816635399
Format: Paperback
Language: English
Publisher: University of Minnesota Press
Publication date: 13 June 2000
Description
In a masterful work of cultural history, Charles Sprawson, himself an obsessional swimmer and fluent diver, explores the meaning that different cultures have attached to water. Sprawson compares the meaning various societies have assigned to swimm...
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320 pages • first pub 1992 (editions)
ISBN/UID: 9780816635399
Format: Paperback
Language: English
Publisher: University of Minnesota Press
Publication date: 13 June 2000
Description
In a masterful work of cultural history, Charles Sprawson, himself an obsessional swimmer and fluent diver, explores the meaning that different cultures have attached to water. Sprawson compares the meaning various societies have assigned to swimm...