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A geography of hard times : narratives about travel to South America, 1780-1849 / Angela Perez Mejia ; translated by Dick Cluster.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Pérez Mejía, Ángela.
- Series:
- SUNY Series in Latin American and Iberian Thought and Culture
- SUNY series in Latin American and Iberian thought and culture
- Standardized Title:
- Geografía de los tiempos difíciles. English
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Mutis, José Celestino, 1732-1808--Diaries.
- Mutis, José Celestino.
- Humboldt, Alexander von, 1769-1859--Diaries.
- Humboldt, Alexander von.
- Callcott, Maria, Lady, 1785-1842--Diaries.
- Callcott, Maria.
- Tristan, Flora, 1803-1844--Diaries.
- Tristan, Flora.
- Travelers' writings, European--History and criticism.
- Travelers' writings, European.
- Visitors, Foreign--Latin America--History--18th century.
- Visitors, Foreign.
- Visitors, Foreign--Latin America--History--19th century.
- Visitors, Foreign--Latin America--Attitudes.
- Andes Region--Description and travel.
- Andes Region.
- Andes Region--Social life and customs.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (180 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Albany : State University of New York Press, c2004.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- This fascinating glimpse into South America's past focuses on the works of four European voyagers who came to South America and left a legacy of travel writing in their wake: José Celestino Mutis, a Spanish botanist and doctor; Alexander von Humboldt, a German geographer; Maria Graham, a British historian; and Flora Tristán, a French feminist and labor activist whose father was Peruvian. Each took on his or her voyage as a personal endeavor, and collectively their travels covered the Andes from its northern traces in Venezuela to the southern heights of Chile and Arequipa. Their writing contributed to the construction of a complex map of the Andes in which many levels of physical and social geography may be read. By analyzing the travelers' narratives, illustrations, and maps, Ángela Pérez-Mejía unravels the rich complexities of the colonial travel experience, explores its impact on both the object of description and the traveler's subjectivity, and the collective readership seeking a discourse of nationhood.
- Contents:
- ""A GEOGRAPHY OF HARD TIMES""; ""Contents""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""List of Illustrations""; ""Introduction""; ""PART I: THE SCHOLAR AND THE BARON: VOYAGE OF THE EXACT SCIENCES""; ""Introduction to Part I""; ""1. Mutis, or The Trap of Mutisia Clematis""; ""2. Humboldt: The Silences and Complicities of Cartography""; ""PART II: THE DAUGHTER OF THE EAST AND THE PARIAH: VOYAGE OF THE SOCIAL SCIENCES""; ""Introduction to Part II""; ""3. Graham: The White Daughter of the East, or A Foreigner in Indomitable Lands""; ""4. Tristán, or The Incendiary Geography of a Pilgrim Pariah""; ""Epilogue""
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 145-154) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780791485453
- 0791485455
- 9781423739401
- 142373940X
- OCLC:
- 62364751
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