From Beacon Hill to the Crystal Palace : the 1851 travel diary of a working-class woman /

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Because prior studies of American women's travel writing have focused exclusively on middle-class and wealthy travelers, it has been difficult to assess the genre and its participants in a holistic fashion. One of the very few surviving working-class travel diaries, Lorenza Stevens Berbineau�...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Berbineau, Lorenza Stevens
Otros Autores: Kilcup, Karen L.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Iowa City : University of Iowa Press, ©2002.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Berbineau, Lorenza Stevens > Diaries.
Lowell family.
Lowell (Famille)
Berbineau, Lorenza Stevens
Lowell family
1800-1899
Working class women > Massachusetts > Boston > Diaries.
Women travelers > Europe > History > 19th century.
Voyageuses > Europe > Histoire > 19e siècle.
TRAVEL.
TRAVEL > Essays & Travelogues.
Travel
Women travelers
Working class women
Europe > Description and travel.
Europe > Descriptions et voyages.
Europe
Massachusetts > Boston
diaries.
Diaries
History
Diaries.
Journaux intimes.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Descripción
Sumario:Because prior studies of American women's travel writing have focused exclusively on middle-class and wealthy travelers, it has been difficult to assess the genre and its participants in a holistic fashion. One of the very few surviving working-class travel diaries, Lorenza Stevens Berbineau's account provides readers with a unique perspective of a domestic servant in the wealthy Lowell family in Boston.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (x, 148 pages)
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references (pages 139-143) and index.
ISBN:1587294125
9781587294129

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