Crossing the Atlantic : travel and travel writing in modern times /
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| Edition: | 1st ed. |
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| Imprint: | College Station : Published for the University of Texas at Arlington by Texas A&M University Press, 2011. |
| Description: | viii, 258 p. ; 24 cm. |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | The Walter Prescott Webb memorial lectures ; no. 42 Walter Prescott Webb memorial lectures ; 42. |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/8393978 |
Table of Contents:
- Preface
- Introduction by Frank Trommler
- Part 1. American Travelers in Europe
- "That Humane and Advanced Civilization": Interpreting Americans' Values from Their Praise of Saxony, 1800-1850
- Internationalism, Travel Writing, and Franco-American Educational Travel, 1895-1939
- Part 2. German Travelers in the United States
- Social Crossings: German Leftists View "Amerika" and Reflect Themselves, 1870-1914
- Mapping Modernity: Jews and Other German Travelers
- Between Modernity and Antimodernity: From Enthusiasm to Hostility in German Perceptions of Big Cities in America, 18705-1930s
- Part 3. Gender and Travel
- Travel, Gender, and Identity: George and Anna Ticknor's Travel Journals from Their 1835-36 Journey to Dresden
- The Women of Palestine in American Women's Travel Writing
- Contributors
- Index