Twelve Years' Wanderings In The British Colonies; From 1835 To 1847 (Volume I)

By Christopher James Byrne

Book Overview

Step into the nineteenth century and travel where policy met daily life. Empire is seen up close. In Twelve Years' Wanderings In The British Colonies; From 1835 To 1847 (Volume I), C. J. Byrne offers an unabridged Victorian travel memoir shaped as a colonial era travel narrative: alert, personal, and grounded in what a traveller could truly witness across the Victorian British colonial world. Part classic empire travel writing, part eyewitness record, this nineteenth century travelogue gathers travel observations in colonies during the years British colonies 1835 1847, capturing the textures of british empire colonial life as encountered on the move. Read for the voice of a working traveller, the shifting vantage points, and the way everyday scenes sit beside the larger pressures of empire expansion and colonization. As a primary source colonial history, it rewards slow, curious reading; as colonial studies research reading, it helps anchor big ideas in period perspective without flattening the complexity of people, place, and power. Out of print for decades and now republished by Alpha Editions. Restored for today's and future generations. More than a reprint -- a collector's item and a cultural treasure. This public domain reprint edition belongs on the shelf of anyone drawn to serious travel writing, Victorian history, and the enduring questions raised by the imperial past.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 9354504418
• ISBN13: 9789354504419
• Release Date: April 2021
• Publisher: Alpha Edition
• Length: 442 Pages
• Weight: 2.24 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 8.5" x 11.0"