Traveling economies : American women's travel writing /

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"The black and white women travel writers whom Jennifer Bernhardt Steadman investigates in Traveling Economies astonish modern readers with their daring, stamina, and courage. That these women traveled at all is surprising: Nancy Prince spent nearly a decade as an African American member of the...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Steadman, Jennifer Bernhardt, 1971-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Columbus : Ohio State University Press, ©2007.
Subjects:
1800-1899
Travelers' writings, American > History and criticism.
American prose literature > Women authors > History and criticism.
American prose literature > 19th century > History and criticism.
Women travelers > United States > History > 19th century.
Women travelers > United States > Social conditions > 19th century.
Women authors, American > 19th century > Political and social views.
Women travelers in literature.
Feminism in literature.
Travel in literature.
Écrits de voyageurs américains > Histoire et critique.
Prose américaine > 19e siècle > Histoire et critique.
Voyageuses > États-Unis > Histoire > 19e siècle.
Voyageuses > États-Unis > Conditions sociales > 19e siècle.
Écrivaines américaines > 19e siècle > Pensée politique et sociale.
Voyageuses dans la littérature.
Féminisme dans la littérature.
Voyage dans la littérature.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > General.
American prose literature
American prose literature > Women authors
Feminism in literature
Travel in literature
Travelers' writings, American
Women travelers
Women travelers in literature
United States
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
History
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Ragged-edge travelers Amy Morris Bradley and Nancy Prince evaluate the economies of travel
  • Scolding the nation: the political travel writing of Anne Royall
  • Traveling uplift: Mary Ann Shadd Cary creates and connects Black communities
  • A "singular spectacle of a female": Frances Wright's traveling figure
  • To the summit of equality: a feminist traveler, bloomers, and the antebellum feminist press.

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