Nineteenth-Century British Travelers in the New World

Book Overview

By creating an 'idea of America, ' popular New World travel writing offered an understanding of America through British eyes, and a lens through which nineteenth-century Britain could view itself. Nineteenth-Century British Travelers in the New World demonstrates the importance of nineteenth-century New World travel writing, examining narratives by some of the popular writers of the day, as well as paintings and drawings by travelling artists.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1138249785
• ISBN13: 9781138249783
• Release Date: October 2016
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 336 Pages
• Weight: 1.04 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.1" x 9.2"