LEADER 03159nam 2200601Ia 450 001 9910450793003321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-58729-412-5 035 $a(CKB)1000000000447503 035 $a(EBL)837039 035 $a(OCoLC)56109548 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000158606 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11151345 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000158606 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10145550 035 $a(PQKB)11149414 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC837039 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse12493 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL837039 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10354651 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000447503 100 $a20010927d2002 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aFrom Beacon Hill to the Crystal Palace$b[electronic resource] $ethe 1851 travel diary of a working-class woman /$fby Lorenza Stevens Berbineau; edited by Karen L. Kilcup 210 $aIowa City $cUniversity of Iowa Press$d2002 215 $a1 online resource (161 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a1-58729-368-4 311 $a0-87745-794-8 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 139-143) and index. 327 $aMachine 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. 330 $aBecause 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 saw 606 $aWorking class women$zMassachusetts$zBoston$vDiaries 606 $aWomen travelers$zEurope$xHistory$y19th century 607 $aEurope$xDescription and travel 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aWorking class women 615 0$aWomen travelers$xHistory 676 $a914.04/285 676 $a914.04285 700 $aBerbineau$b Lorenza Stevens$0985189 701 $aKilcup$b Karen L$0918143 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910450793003321 996 $aFrom Beacon Hill to the Crystal Palace$92251708 997 $aUNINA