03127nam 2200589Ia 450 991077744350332120230607221748.01-58729-412-5(CKB)1000000000447503(EBL)837039(OCoLC)56109548(SSID)ssj0000158606(PQKBManifestationID)11151345(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000158606(PQKBWorkID)10145550(PQKB)11149414(MiAaPQ)EBC837039(MdBmJHUP)muse12493(Au-PeEL)EBL837039(CaPaEBR)ebr10354651(EXLCZ)99100000000044750320010927d2002 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrFrom Beacon Hill to the Crystal Palace[electronic resource] the 1851 travel diary of a working-class woman /by Lorenza Stevens Berbineau; edited by Karen L. KilcupIowa City University of Iowa Press20021 online resource (161 p.)Description based upon print version of record.1-58729-368-4 0-87745-794-8 Includes bibliographical references (p. 139-143) and index.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.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 about the people and places she sawWorking class womenMassachusettsBostonDiariesWomen travelersEuropeHistory19th centuryEuropeDescription and travelWorking class womenWomen travelersHistory914.04/285914.04285Berbineau Lorenza Stevens1520450Kilcup Karen L1513216MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910777443503321From Beacon Hill to the Crystal Palace3759042UNINA