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Author Pérez Mejía, Angela

Title A geography of hard times : narratives about travel to South America, 1780-1849 / Angela Pérez Mejía / translated by Dick Cluster
Published Albany : State University of New York Press, ©2004

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Description 1 online resource (xi, 167 pages) : illustrations, 1 map
Series SUNY series in Latin American and Iberian thought and culture
SUNY series in Latin American and Iberian thought and culture.
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
NotesINTRODUCTION -- PART I. INTRODUCTION TO PART I -- 1. MUTIS, OR THE TRAP OF MUTISIA CLEMATIS -- 2. HUMBOLDT: THE SILENCES AND COMPLICITIES OF CARTOGRAPHY -- PART II. INTRODUCTION TO PART II -- 3. GRAHAM: THE WHITE DAUGHTER OF THE EAST, OR A FOREIGNER IN INDOMITABLE LANDS -- 4. TRISTÃ?N, OR THE INCENDIARY GEOGRAPHY OF A PILGRIM PARIAH -- References -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Z
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 145-154) and index
Notes Print version record
Subject Mutis, José Celestino, 1732-1808 -- Diaries
Humboldt, Alexander von, 1769-1859 -- Diaries
Callcott, Maria, Lady, 1785-1842 -- Diaries
Tristan, Flora, 1803-1844 -- Diaries
SUBJECT Callcott, Maria, Lady, 1785-1842 fast
Humboldt, Alexander von, 1769-1859 fast
Mutis, José Celestino, 1732-1808 fast
Tristan, Flora, 1803-1844 fast
Subject Travelers' writings, European -- History and criticism
Visitors, Foreign -- Latin America -- History -- 18th century
Visitors, Foreign -- Latin America -- History -- 19th century
Visitors, Foreign -- Latin America -- Attitudes
TRAVEL -- General.
Manners and customs
Travel
Travelers' writings, European
Visitors, Foreign
Visitors, Foreign -- Attitudes
SUBJECT Andes Region -- Description and travel. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh88003660
Andes Region -- Social life and customs
Subject Andes Region
Latin America
Genre/Form Diaries
History
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Form Electronic book
ISBN 142373940X
9781423739401
9780791460139
0791460134
9780791460146
0791460142
9780791485453
0791485455
Other Titles Geografía de los tiempos difíciles. English