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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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Berbineau, Lorenza Stevens
Other Authors: Kilcup, Karen L.
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Iowa City : University of Iowa Press, ©2002.
Subjects:
Berbineau, Lorenza Stevens > Diaries.
Lowell family.
Lowell (Famille)
Berbineau, Lorenza Stevens.
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.
Journaux intimes.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Working-Class Woman's View of Europe
  • The Diary
  • "We Are Haveing a Pleasent Time": The Voyage Out
  • "A Beautifull Prospect": Enjoying England
  • "Every Body Seems Happy & Independent": To Paris and Beyond
  • "The Bells Are Chimeing among the Mountains": Switzerland and Italy
  • "All the Liveing Is Very Good Indeed": Germany and Holland
  • "Every Body Seems Happy and Gay": Belgium and the Return to Paris
  • "I Sat for a Long Time Wraped Up in Thoughts": The Return Home
  • Afterword
  • Notes to the Diary.

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