Taking travel home : the souvenir culture of British women tourists, 1750-1830 /

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This book provides a new cultural history of the travel souvenir. It uncovers how eighteenth-century British women enlisted the objects they collected during their European travels to realise their ambitions in the arenas of connoisseurship, science and friendship, and to stake their claims to agenc...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Gleadhill, Emma (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Manchester : Manchester University Press, 2022.
Colección:Gender in history.
Temas:
1700-1799
Souvenirs (Keepsakes) > Great Britain > History > 18th century.
Women tourists > Great Britain > History > 18th century.
Travel > History > 18th century.
Souvenirs (Objets) > Grande-Bretagne > Histoire > 18e siècle.
Voyage > Histoire > 18e siècle.
Civilization
Souvenirs (Keepsakes)
Travel
Women tourists
Society & culture: general.
Travel and Tourism.
Great Britain > Civilization > 18th century.
Grande-Bretagne > Civilisation > 18e siècle.
Great Britain
History
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Descripción
Sumario:This book provides a new cultural history of the travel souvenir. It uncovers how eighteenth-century British women enlisted the objects they collected during their European travels to realise their ambitions in the arenas of connoisseurship, science and friendship, and to stake their claims to agency and authority as travelling subjects.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (xv, 290 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations (some color), maps
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9781526155283
1526155281
9781526155269
1526155265
9781526169938
1526169932

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