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Unspeakable Awfulness

America Through the Eyes of European Travelers, 1865-1900

Unspeakable Awfulness( )
Author: Rose, Kenneth D.
ISBN:978-0-415-81764-6
Publication Date:Oct 2013
Publisher:Routledge
Book Format:Hardback
List Price:USD $160.00
Book Description:

The late nineteenth century was a golden age for European travel in the United States. For prosperous Europeans, a journey to America was a fresh alternative to the more familiar 'Grand Tour' of their own continent, promising encounters with a vast, wild landscape, and with people whose culture was similar enough to their own to be intelligible, yet different enough to be interesting. Their observations of America and its inhabitants provide a striking lens on this era of American...
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Book Details
Pages:288
Detailed Subjects: Travel / Essays & Travelogues
Social Science / Customs & Traditions
Political Science / International Relations / General
Travel / United States / General
Physical Dimensions (W X L X H):8.931 x 5.928 x 0.936 Inches
Book Weight:1.35 Pounds



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