Letters To Lily

On how the world works

By:

Alan Macfarlane

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Paperback / softback

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Alan Macfarlane is an anthropologist; Lily his inquisitive daughter, constantly asks him tricky questions about how the world works. In this highly original book he has decided to provide her with some answers in a series of thirty frank and unpretentious letters. In responding to Lily's challenging problems, Alan Macfarlane tackles the great questions in life, drawing on his experience as anthropologist, historian and teacher. His answers range through history and across the world's cultures, from the personal to the philosophical to the political. Lily's questions are timeless. The answers add up to a classic.

Author Biography:

Alan Macfarlane trained as a historian and is Professor of Anthropology at Cambridge. His many books include 2003's The Glass Bathyscaphe.

Release date Australia

January 12th, 2006

Author

Alan Macfarlane

Audience

General (US: Trade)

Edition

Main

Pages

320

Dimensions

130x197x20

ISBN-13

9781861977809

Product ID

1958262

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