04081nam 2200733Ia 450 991096672400332120200520144314.0978079148545307914854559781423739401142373940X(CKB)1000000000458355(EBL)3408613(SSID)ssj0000161936(PQKBManifestationID)11159373(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000161936(PQKBWorkID)10200854(PQKB)10149904(MiAaPQ)EBC3408613(OCoLC)62364751(MdBmJHUP)muse6123(Au-PeEL)EBL3408613(CaPaEBR)ebr10594973(DE-B1597)683442(DE-B1597)9780791485453(Perlego)2672616(EXLCZ)99100000000045835520030729d2004 ub 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrA geography of hard times narratives about travel to South America, 1780-1849 /Angela Perez Mejia ; translated by Dick Cluster1st ed.Albany State University of New York Pressc20041 online resource (180 p.)SUNY series in Latin American and Iberian thought and cultureDescription based upon print version of record.9780791460139 0791460134 Includes bibliographical references (p. 145-154) and index.""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""This fascinating glimpse into South America's past focuses on the works of four European voyagers who came to South America and left a legacy of travel writing in their wake: José Celestino Mutis, a Spanish botanist and doctor; Alexander von Humboldt, a German geographer; Maria Graham, a British historian; and Flora Tristán, a French feminist and labor activist whose father was Peruvian. Each took on his or her voyage as a personal endeavor, and collectively their travels covered the Andes from its northern traces in Venezuela to the southern heights of Chile and Arequipa. Their writing contributed to the construction of a complex map of the Andes in which many levels of physical and social geography may be read. By analyzing the travelers' narratives, illustrations, and maps, Ángela Pérez-Mejía unravels the rich complexities of the colonial travel experience, explores its impact on both the object of description and the traveler's subjectivity, and the collective readership seeking a discourse of nationhood.SUNY Series in Latin American and Iberian Thought and CultureTravelers' writings, EuropeanHistory and criticismVisitors, ForeignLatin AmericaHistory18th centuryVisitors, ForeignLatin AmericaHistory19th centuryVisitors, ForeignLatin AmericaAttitudesAndes RegionDescription and travelAndes RegionSocial life and customsTravelers' writings, EuropeanHistory and criticism.Visitors, ForeignHistoryVisitors, ForeignHistoryVisitors, ForeignAttitudes.918.042Perez Mejia Angela1809356MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910966724003321A geography of hard times4360100UNINA