{"product_id":"the-edges-of-the-earth-james-s-romm-9780691037882","title":"The Edges of the Earth in Ancient Thought: Geography, Exploration, and Fiction","description":"\u003cp\u003eFor the Greeks and Romans the earth's farthest perimeter was a realm radically different from what they perceived as central and human. The alien qualities of these \"edges of the earth\" became the basis of a literary tradition that endured throughout antiquity and into the Renaissance, despite the growing challenges of emerging scientific perspectives. Here James Romm surveys this tradition, revealing that the Greeks, and to a somewhat lesser extent the Romans, saw geography not as a branch of physical science but as an important literary genre.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e James S. Romm\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0691037884\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780691037882\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Princeton University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/09\/1994\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 247\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.65lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.54h x 5.51w x 1.06d","brand":"James S. Romm","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44120037949695,"sku":"9780691037882","price":48.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_32d06461-90e0-4085-a72f-3db9127b88df.jpg?v=1687412231","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-edges-of-the-earth-james-s-romm-9780691037882","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}