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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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Autore: Berbineau Lorenza Stevens Visualizza persona
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 Visualizza cluster
Pubblicazione: Iowa City, : University of Iowa Press, 2002
Edizione: 1st ed.
Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (161 p.)
Disciplina: 914.04/285
914.04285
Soggetto topico: Working class women - Massachusetts - Boston
Women travelers - Europe - History - 19th century
Soggetto geografico: Europe Description and travel
Altri autori: KilcupKaren L  
Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. 139-143) and index.
Nota di contenuto: 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.
Sommario/riassunto: 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 saw
Titolo autorizzato: From Beacon Hill to the Crystal Palace  Visualizza cluster
ISBN: 1-58729-412-5
Formato: Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
Record Nr.: 9910809051503321
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