Transatlantic Travels in Nineteenth-Century Latin America: European Women Pilgrims

By Adriana Méndez Rodenas

Book Overview

This book studies the travel accounts of five "lady travelers" to Mexico, the Southern Cone, Brazil, and the Caribbean. As eye-witness accounts, their books record the rise of independent republics in Spanish America. Women's travels provide a fresh look at indigenous and African populations in the New World and analyze women's social condition.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1611488206
• ISBN13: 9781611488203
• Release Date: February 2017
• Publisher: Bucknell University Press
• Length: 252 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.9" x 9.0"