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Berbineau Lorenza Stevens |
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Titolo |
From Beacon Hill to the Crystal Palace : the 1851 travel diary of a working-class woman / / by Lorenza Stevens Berbineau; edited by Karen L. Kilcup |
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Iowa City, : University of Iowa Press, 2002 |
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Edizione |
[1st ed.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (161 p.) |
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Altri autori (Persone) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Working class women - Massachusetts - Boston |
Women travelers - Europe - History - 19th century |
Europe Description and travel |
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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. 139-143) and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Machine generated contents note: ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- NOTE ON THE DIARY AND TEXT -- INTRODUCTION -- A 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 -- WORKS CITED -- INDEX. |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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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's account provides readers with a unique perspective of a domestic servant in the wealthy Lowell family in Boston. Staying in luxurious hotels and caring for her young charge Eddie during her six-month grand tour, Berbineau wrote detailed and insightful entries |
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