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Travel writing in the nineteenth century : filling the blank spaces / / edited by Tim Youngs [[electronic resource]]
| Travel writing in the nineteenth century : filling the blank spaces / / edited by Tim Youngs [[electronic resource]] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | London : , : Anthem Press, , 2006 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (xi, 250 pages) : digital, PDF file(s) |
| Disciplina | 820.9491 |
| Collana | Anthem nineteenth century studies |
| Soggetto topico |
Travel writing - History - 19th century
Travelers' writings - History and criticism Travel - History - 19th century Civilization, Modern - 19th century |
| ISBN |
1-283-37773-X
9786613377739 1-84331-769-9 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | ; 1. Introduction : filling the blank spaces / Tim Youngs -- ; 2. Balkans in nineteenth-century British travel writing / Vesna Goldsworthy -- ; 3. Touring in extremis : travel and adventure in the Congo / Stephen Donovan -- ; 4. Politics, aesthetics and quest in British travel writing on the Middle East / Geoffrey Nash -- ; 5. Imperial player : Richard Burton in Sindh / Indira Ghose -- ; 6. Early Indian travel guides to Britain / Michael H. Fisher -- ; 7. princess's pilgrimage : Nawab Sikandar Begam's account of Hajj / Siobhan Lambert-Hurley -- ; 8. Yankee in Yucatan : John Lloyd Stephens and the lost cities of America / Nigel Leask -- ; 9. George Lewis and the American churches / Alasdair Pettinger -- ; 10. Strategies of travel : Charles Dickens and William Wells Brown / Tim Youngs -- ; 11. Missionary positions : romantic European Polynesias from Cook to Stevenson / Sarah Johnson -- ; 12. Writing the southern cross : religious travel writing in nineteenth-century Australasia / Anna Johnston -- ; 13. young writer's journey into the New Zealand interior : Katherine Mansfield's The Urewera notebook / Anne Maxwell. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910459221603321 |
| London : , : Anthem Press, , 2006 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Wet britches and muddy boots [[electronic resource] ] : a history of travel in Victorian America / / John H. White, Jr
| Wet britches and muddy boots [[electronic resource] ] : a history of travel in Victorian America / / John H. White, Jr |
| Autore | White John H. <1933-> |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Bloomington, : Indiana University Press, c2013 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (544 p.) |
| Disciplina |
388.0973
388.0973/09034 388.097309034 |
| Altri autori (Persone) | SmerkGeorge M |
| Collana | Railroads past & present |
| Soggetto topico |
Travel - History - 19th century
Transportation - United States - History - 19th century |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
| ISBN |
1-283-73543-1
0-253-00558-2 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Transportation for hire: from human burden to taxis -- Down that long and dusty road : stagecoach travel in America -- The omnibus : travel for all citizens -- Streetcars : that most democratic conveyance -- Ferryboats : crossing the rivers and bays -- Canals : the low and slow way to go -- River steamers : white swans on the inland rivers -- Lake steamers : on the inland sea -- Coastal and sound steamers : close to shore -- Ocean sail : at the mercy of the wind -- Ocean steam : the triumph of technology -- Emigrant travel : a nation of nations -- Passenger trains : coach class -- Passenger trains : first class -- Appendix : Travel words and tales. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910461913103321 |
White John H. <1933->
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| Bloomington, : Indiana University Press, c2013 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Wet britches and muddy boots [[electronic resource] ] : a history of travel in Victorian America / / John H. White, Jr
| Wet britches and muddy boots [[electronic resource] ] : a history of travel in Victorian America / / John H. White, Jr |
| Autore | White John H. <1933-> |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Bloomington, : Indiana University Press, c2013 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (544 p.) |
| Disciplina |
388.0973
388.0973/09034 388.097309034 |
| Altri autori (Persone) | SmerkGeorge M |
| Collana | Railroads past & present |
| Soggetto topico |
Travel - History - 19th century
Transportation - United States - History - 19th century |
| ISBN |
1-283-73543-1
0-253-00558-2 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Transportation for hire: from human burden to taxis -- Down that long and dusty road : stagecoach travel in America -- The omnibus : travel for all citizens -- Streetcars : that most democratic conveyance -- Ferryboats : crossing the rivers and bays -- Canals : the low and slow way to go -- River steamers : white swans on the inland rivers -- Lake steamers : on the inland sea -- Coastal and sound steamers : close to shore -- Ocean sail : at the mercy of the wind -- Ocean steam : the triumph of technology -- Emigrant travel : a nation of nations -- Passenger trains : coach class -- Passenger trains : first class -- Appendix : Travel words and tales. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910786358003321 |
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White John H. <1933->
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| Bloomington, : Indiana University Press, c2013 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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