Women, travel and identity : journeys by rail and sea, 1870-1940 /

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The years between 1870 and 1940 are often considered a 'golden age' of travel: as larger and evermore sumptuous ships and trains were built, including the Orient Express, Blue Train, Lusitania and Normandie, journeying abroad became, and remains today, synonymous with chic, splendour and l...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Robinson-Tomsett, Emma
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Manchester : Manchester University Press, 2013.
Colección:Gender in history.
Temas:
1800-1899
Travelers' writings, English > Great Britain > History > 19th century.
Women travelers > Great Britain > History > 19th century.
Women > Great Britain > History > 19th century.
Écrits de voyageurs anglais > Grande-Bretagne > Histoire > 19e siècle.
Voyageuses > Grande-Bretagne > Histoire > 19e siècle.
Femmes > Grande-Bretagne > Histoire > 19e siècle.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Discrimination & Race Relations.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Minority Studies.
HISTORY > Europe > Great Britain.
Travelers' writings, English
Women
Women travelers
Great Britain
History
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Cover; Half-title; Series page; Title page; Copyright information; Contents; List of figures; List of tables; Acknowledgements; List of abbreviations; Introduction; 1 The big luggage went a fortnight ago: making the journey abroad; 2 Fashion plate heroines: imagining the female journeyer; 3 No nice girl swears: advice, etiquette and expectation; 4 Ordering the berth: the spaces of journeying; 5 Busy practising games: scrutiny and sociability; 6 Full of wickedness: romantic opportunity and sexual hazard?; 7 Where her story begins: fashioning a journeyer identity; Conclusion
  • Appendix: Women journeyersBibliography; Index

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