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UNINA9910777558803321 |
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Autore |
Pérez Mejía Angela |
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Titolo |
A geography of hard times [[electronic resource] ] : narratives about travel to South America, 1780-1849 / / Angela Pérez Mejía ; translated by Dick Cluster |
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Albany, : State University of New York Press, c2004 |
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ISBN |
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0-7914-8545-5 |
1-4237-3940-X |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (180 p.) |
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Collana |
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SUNY series in Latin American and Iberian thought and culture |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Travelers' writings, European - History and criticism |
Visitors, Foreign - Latin America - History - 18th century |
Visitors, Foreign - Latin America - History - 19th century |
Visitors, Foreign - Latin America - Attitudes |
Andes Region Description and travel |
Andes Region Social life and customs |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 145-154) and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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""A GEOGRAPHY OF HARD TIMES""; ""Contents""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""List of Illustrations""; ""Introduction""; ""PART I: THE SCHOLAR AND THE BARON: VOYAGE OF THE EXACT SCIENCES""; ""Introduction to Part I""; ""1. Mutis, or The Trap of Mutisia Clematis""; ""2. Humboldt: The Silences and Complicities of Cartography""; ""PART II: THE DAUGHTER OF THE EAST AND THE PARIAH: VOYAGE OF THE SOCIAL SCIENCES""; ""Introduction to Part II""; ""3. Graham: The White Daughter of the East, or A Foreigner in Indomitable Lands""; ""4. Tristán, or The Incendiary Geography of a Pilgrim Pariah""; ""Epilogue"" |
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