Spinsters Abroad
Victorian Lady Explorers
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2004
The History Press Ltd (Verlag)
978-0-7509-3721-4 (ISBN)
The History Press Ltd (Verlag)
978-0-7509-3721-4 (ISBN)
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Spinsters abroad
What spurred so many Victorian women to leave behind the security and comfort of their middle-class homes to undertake perilous journeys of thousands of miles? This book draws on the diaries, letters and other writings of more than 50 such women to describe their experiences and aspirations.
What spurred so many Victorian women to leave behind the security and comfort of their middle-class homes to undertake perilous journeys of thousands of miles? This book draws on the diaries, letters and other writings of more than 50 such women to describe their experiences and aspirations.
Dea Birkett was born in 1958 and is an author, journalist and traveller. She won the Somerset Maughan Award for Jella: From Lagos to Liverpool: A woman at Sea in a Man's World. Her other books include Serpent in Paradise, an account of her time on Pitcairn Island with the descendants of the Bounty Mutineers and Amazonians: The Penguin book of Women's Travel writing.
Erscheint lt. Verlag | 18.3.2004 |
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Verlagsort | Stroud |
Sprache | englisch |
Maße | 138 x 216 mm |
Gewicht | 340 g |
Themenwelt | Reisen ► Reiseberichte ► Europa |
Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Kulturgeschichte | |
Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie ► Gender Studies | |
ISBN-10 | 0-7509-3721-1 / 0750937211 |
ISBN-13 | 978-0-7509-3721-4 / 9780750937214 |
Zustand | Neuware |
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