A geography of hard times [[electronic resource] ] : narratives about travel to South America, 1780-1849 / / Angela Pérez Mejía ; translated by Dick Cluster

• Autore: Pérez Mejía Angela
• Pubblicazione: Albany, : State University of New York Press, c2004
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (180 p.)
• Disciplina: 918.042
• Soggetto topico: Travelers' writings, European - History and criticism; Visitors, Foreign - Latin America - History - 18th century; Visitors, Foreign - Latin America - History - 19th century; Visitors, Foreign - Latin America - Attitudes
• Soggetto geografico: Andes Region Description and travel; Andes Region Social life and customs
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. 145-154) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: ""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""
• Titolo autorizzato: A geography of hard times
• ISBN: 0-7914-8545-5; 1-4237-3940-X
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910451643803321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: SUNY Series in Latin American and Iberian Thought and Culture